This was developed, based on the NEAC-2201, by a team organized around Hiromu Kaneda and Yoshio Miyagi, with the aim of achieving true business processing. The #1 machine was delivered to the Japan Electronic Industry Development Association in May 1959.
The vacuum tubes used in the NEAC-2201 were replaced by transistors, and floating point was added as an arithmetic method. Magnetic core memory was still expensive, so the memory unit had a 3-level hierarchical organization comprised of magnetic core (240 words), high-speed magnetic drum (2k words, 10,000 rpm) and magnetic drum (10k words, 1,500 rpm, up to 10 drums). Word length was expanded to 12 decimal digits, and the number of instructions and registers were enhanced.
This development was oriented toward EDPS (Electronic Data Processing Systems), and efforts focused on development of peripheral devices and a control system for them. The devices which were developed and connected included a card reader, card puncher, line printer and magnetic tape unit. This computer had an interrupt function, and could run 3 programs via time sharing.
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| First Shipment Date | May 1959 | ||||||||||||
| Arithmetic system | Decimal, serial, 1-2-4-8 code Fixed point, floating point |
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| Word configuration | Decimal 12 digits, Command word: 2 instructions/word Numeric value word: Fixed point: Sign + 11 digits Floating point: Sign + characteristic 2 digits + mantissa 9 digits Character word: 6/word, alphanumeric (including kana) |
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| Commands (Instructions) | 88 types, 1 •1/2 address system, 3 index registers | ||||||||||||
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| Internal memory unit | Magnetic drum: 2,000 words (3ms) + 40 words (0.6ms) Magnetic core: 240 words |
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| External memory unit | Magnetic drum: 10k words (20ms) | ||||||||||||
| Other input/output equipment | Magnetic tape memory unit - Tape speed: 8,000digits/s High-speed line printer- Printing speed: 200 lines/min (with 96 char) Card reader/punch, paper tape reader/punch, interrupt typewriter seat |
