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A functional description of the TX-0 computer (1958) [pdf]
- pavlov 6y agoArrival of this computer at MIT is a pivotal moment in the story told in Steven Levy’s “Hackers”. Student hackers who had been fascinated by activities such as model railroad control equipment turn their attention to a digital computer for the first time. “Spacewar” comes only a couple of years later.
- ncmncm 6y agoNumbering things starting at zero was practically unheard of at the time. It would have implied, instead, that the TX unit was lacking something other TX units had. I wonder what...
- aap_ 6y agoThey wanted to build a TX-1 at first but it was too ambitious, so they built the very minimal TX-0 instead and later the much bigger TX-2. Unfortunately there are no documents on the TX-1 ideas available online. There's hardly any documents on the TX-0 even. I'd love to see the schematics :(