The cdc 1700 was a 16bit word minicomputer, manufactured by the control data corporation with deliveries beginning in may, 1966. The first foreign control data institute established in frankfurt. The cdc 1700 was a 16bit word minicomputer, manufactured by the control data corporation with deliveries beginning in may 1966. Aml m78001700 enterprise mobile computer, wifi 80211abgn, ex25 nearfar imager. The 1700 used ones complement arithmetic and an asciibased character set, and supported memory write protection on an individual word basis. For most of the 1960s, seymour cray worked at cdc and developed a series of. Computer programmingcomputer sciencemusic software image sitesaesthetic imagesmy vibeher musicamerican womenplaying guitar. A cutdown 24bit version, designated the cdc 924, was shortly thereafter produced, and delivered to nasa. The role of the special systems division was to aid control data corporation.
Cdc was wellknown and highly regarded throughout the industry at the time. H1700 digital io to computer interfaces rs232 or rs. It was also the first supercomputer to use integrated circuits and. Control data corporation cdc was a mainframe and supercomputer firm. Hardware, software, and service prices are unbundled. The cdc star100 is a vector supercomputer that was designed, manufactured, and marketed by control data corporation cdc. Interface cables and charging cradle sold separately. Parenting styles run the gamut and so do the features in parental control and monitoring utilities.
Early cdc board of directors members included president william c. The original 1700 was constructed using aircooled cdc 6600like cordwood logic modules and core memory, although later models used different technology. Cdc was one of the nine major united states computer companies through most of the 1960s. Software means any software of belden running on a computer e. It was one of the first machines to use a vector processor to improve performance on appropriate scientific applications. Legend has it that the 1604 designation was chosen by adding cdcs first street address to crays former project, the eraunivac 1103.
Control data 1700 computer system computing history. User programs are protected from each other by use of base address and length. Control data corporation collection historical timeline. Please quote this reference id in any communication with the centre for computing history. The final models, called cyber18, added four generalpurpose registers and a number of instructions to support a timesharing operating system.
Among these was the era atlas, an early military stored program computer, the. Control data corporation was incorporated in minnesota, july 8, 1957, by fremont fletcher, abbot l. Beehive international bendix corporation broderbund software bryant computer products. Buildingblock modularity, expansion capabilities,and standard software packages make the 1700 computer system a. The 1604 is known as one of the first commercially successful transistorized computers. The cdc 1604 was a 48bit computer designed and manufactured by seymour cray and his team at the control data corporation. Computer history time line for the 1700s that includes such inventions such as the first writing device, telegraph, looms, and punch cards.