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The '''TX-0''' was a [[transistor]] computer (reportedly the first ever built), at the MIT Lincoln laboratory. Predecessor to the [[TX-2]] and an influence on the [[PDP-1]] design.
The '''TX-0''' was a [[transistor]] computer (reportedly the first ever built), at the MIT Lincoln laboratory. Predecessor to the [[TX-2]] and an influence on the [[PDP-1]] design.


==Further reading==
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* C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, "''Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design''" (Digital Press, Bedford, 1978) - The start of Chapter 6 has some material on the TX-0, and also covers its descendants


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


* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/tx-0/ Bitsavers documents]
* [http://bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/tx-0/ Bitsavers documents]
* C. Gordon Bell, Gerald Butler, Robert Gray, John E. Mcnamara, Donald Vonada, and Ronald Wilson, [http://gordonbell.azurewebsites.net/Computer_Engineering/00000146.htm The PDP-1 and Other 18-Bit Computers], in C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, ''Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design'', Digital Press, Bedford, 1978 - Some material on the TX-0, and also covers its descendants (including the [[PDP-1]])
* [https://www.digibarn.com/stories/linc/documents/LINC-Personal-Workstation/LINC-Personal-Workstation.pdf The LINC Was Early and Small] - lengthy personal memoir by Wesley Clark; it also covers the TX-0
* [https://www.digibarn.com/stories/linc/documents/LINC-Personal-Workstation/LINC-Personal-Workstation.pdf The LINC Was Early and Small] - lengthy personal memoir by Wesley Clark; it also covers the TX-0
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[[Category: Computers]]
[[Category: Computers]]

Revision as of 23:45, 8 December 2021

The TX-0 was a transistor computer (reportedly the first ever built), at the MIT Lincoln laboratory. Predecessor to the TX-2 and an influence on the PDP-1 design.

External links

  • Bitsavers documents
  • C. Gordon Bell, Gerald Butler, Robert Gray, John E. Mcnamara, Donald Vonada, and Ronald Wilson, The PDP-1 and Other 18-Bit Computers, in C. Gordon Bell, J. Craig Mudge, John. E. McNamara, Computer Engineering: A DEC View of Hardware Systems Design, Digital Press, Bedford, 1978 - Some material on the TX-0, and also covers its descendants (including the PDP-1)
  • The LINC Was Early and Small - lengthy personal memoir by Wesley Clark; it also covers the TX-0