L-1 - Revision history

Jnc: Call out novelty; add some links

2026-09-02T10:31:07Z

Call out novelty; add some links

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	The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver ~~signals~~ in real-time. One of his previous devices - the [[ARC-1]] - was ~~hardwired~~, and Clark noted it would have been more flexible as a [[stored-program]] computer. These ideas were borne out in the L-1.		The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created in 1960 by [[Wes Clark]] at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver [[signal]]s in real-time. One of his previous devices - the [[ARC-1]] - was [[hard-wired]], and Clark noted it would have been more flexible as a [[program\|stored-program]] computer. These ideas were borne out in the L-1.

	{{stub}}		It was somewhat novel in its day, when most computers were large constructs devoted to handling human-originated data, for a computer to be used for a task that would previously been performed by a custom hardware [[instrument]]. Lincoln Laboratory, of course, had extensive previous experience of working with computer handling of [[analog data]] in the [[Semi-Automatic Ground Environment]] project.

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	==External links==		==External links==

Larsbrinkhoff: Link to Early&Small.

2025-11-05T08:29:36Z

Link to Early&Small.

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	The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver signals in real-time. One of his previous devices - the [[ARC-1]] - was hardwired, and Clark noted it would have been more flexible as a [[stored-program ~~computer~~]]. These ideas were borne out in the L-1.		The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver signals in real-time. One of his previous devices - the [[ARC-1]] - was hardwired, and Clark noted it would have been more flexible as a [[stored-program]] computer. These ideas were borne out in the L-1.

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	* [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/lincolnLaboratory/51G-0012_Functional_Description_of_the_L1_Computer_Mar60.pdf A Functional Description of the L-1 Computer]		* [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/lincolnLaboratory/51G-0012_Functional_Description_of_the_L1_Computer_Mar60.pdf A Functional Description of the L-1 Computer]
			* Wesley A. Clark, [https://www.digibarn.com/stories/linc/documents/LINC-Personal-Workstation/LINC-Personal-Workstation.pdf The LINC Was Early and Small], [[Association for Computing Machinery\|ACM]], ''Proceedings of the ACM Conference on the History of Personal Workstations'', 1986, pp. 133-155 - covers the L-1 on pp. 136-137

	[[Category: 10-bit Computers]]		[[Category: 10-bit Computers]]
	[[Category: Unique Computers]]		[[Category: Unique Computers]]

Larsbrinkhoff: Note connection to the ARC-1.

2025-11-05T08:26:14Z

Note connection to the ARC-1.

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	The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver signals in real-time.		The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver signals in real-time. One of his previous devices - the [[ARC-1]] - was hardwired, and Clark noted it would have been more flexible as a [[stored-program computer]]. These ideas were borne out in the L-1.

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2025-11-04T06:29:42Z

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The '''L-1''' was a unique computer created by Wes Clark at the [[Lincoln Laboratory]], for processing RF receiver signals in real-time.

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==External links==

* [https://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/lincolnLaboratory/51G-0012_Functional_Description_of_the_L1_Computer_Mar60.pdf A Functional Description of the L-1 Computer]

[[Category: 10-bit Computers]]
[[Category: Unique Computers]]