AN/FSQ-7: the computer that shaped the Cold War

Table of contents

1. Title Page
2. Copyright Page
3. Dedication
4. Acknowledgments
5. Table of Contents
6. 1 Introduction
7. 2 Setting the stage
   1. 2.1 Computers until 1945
   2. 2.2 Basics of vacuum tube circuits
   3. 2.3 Toward Whirlwind and beyond
8. 3 Whirlwind
   1. 3.1 Basic architecture
      1. 3.1.1 Arithmetic element
      2. 3.1.2 Control
   2. 3.2 Storage
      1. 3.2.1 The MIT Storage Tube
      2. 3.2.2 Magnetic core storage
   3. 3.3 Magnetic drums
   4. 3.4 Magnetic tapes
   5. 3.5 Paper tape readers, punches and typewriters
   6. 3.6 Data transmission
   7. 3.7 Oscilloscope displays and light guns
   8. 3.8 Time register
   9. 3.9 Reliability, power supplies and marginal checking
   10. 3.10 Programming
   11. 3.11 The end of Whirlwind
9. 4 SAGE
   1. 4.1 The Cape Cod system
   2. 4.2 SAGE and AN/FSQ-7
   3. 4.3 Control and direction centers
   4. 4.4 AN/FSQ-7 overview
10. 5 Basic circuitry
    1. 5.1 Introduction
    2. 5.2 Cathode follower
    3. 5.3 Pulse amplifier
    4. 5.4 Register driver
    5. 5.5 Relay drivers
    6. 5.6 Level setter
    7. 5.7 Diode AND and OR circuits
    8. 5.8 Gate tube circuit
    9. 5.9 DC inverter
    10. 5.10 Flip-flops
    11. 5.11 Single-shots
    12. 5.12 Pulse generators
    13. 5.13 Delay lines and delay line drivers
    14. 5.14 Special circuits
    15. 5.15 Pluggable units
    16. 5.16 The FETRON
    17. 5.17 Troubleshooting
11. 6 Central processor
    1. 6.1 Memory element
    2. 6.2 Instruction control element
    3. 6.3 Selection and IO control element
    4. 6.4 Program element
    5. 6.5 Arithmetic element
12. 7 Drum system
    1. 7.1 Magnetic drums
    2. 7.2 Timing
    3. 7.3 Status concept and time stamps
    4. 7.4 Data flows
13. 8 Input/output system
    1. 8.1 Input system
       1. 8.1.1 LRI element
       2. 8.1.2 GFI element
       3. 8.1.3 XTL element
       4. 8.1.4 TPG
    2. 8.2 Manual data input element
    3. 8.3 Output system
    4. 8.4 Alarms and warning lights
    5. 8.5 Tape drives and card machines
14. 9 Display system
    1. 9.1 Situation display
    2. 9.2 Light gun
    3. 9.3 Area discriminators
    4. 9.4 Digital display
    5. 9.5 Photographic recorder-reproducer element
15. 10 Machine consoles
16. 11 Power supply
    1. 11.1 The powerhouse
    2. 11.2 Regulated power supplies
    3. 11.3 Power distribution
    4. 11.4 Marginal checking system
17. 12 Programming
    1. 12.1 Instruction format
    2. 12.2 Instruction set
       1. 12.2.1 Miscellaneous class
       2. 12.2.2 Add class
       3. 12.2.3 Multiply class
       4. 12.2.4 Store class
       5. 12.2.5 Shift class
       6. 12.2.6 Branch class
       7. 12.2.7 Input/output class
       8. 12.2.8 Reset class
    3. 12.3 Indexed addressing
    4. 12.4 Subroutines
    5. 12.5 Examples
       1. 12.5.1 Polynomial evaluation
       2. 12.5.2 Coordinate transformation
       3. 12.5.3 Finding the largest number
       4. 12.5.4 Adding ten numbers
       5. 12.5.5 Delaying
       6. 12.5.6 Printing
       7. 12.5.7 Trick programs
18. 13 Software
    1. 13.1 Software development process
    2. 13.2 Operational software
19. 14 Failure or Success?
    1. 14.1 A failure?
    2. 14.2 Success!
       1. 14.2.1 Hardware
       2. 14.2.2 Graphics
       3. 14.2.3 Software
       4. 14.2.4 ATC and SABRE
       5. 14.2.5 SAGE in popular culture
20. 15 Epilogue
21. A Whirlwind instruction set
22. B Programming cards
23. Bibliography
24. Acronyms
25. Index