FX-1

The FX-1 (supposedly Film Experiment 1) was an experimental computer created at Lincoln Laboratory to test magnetic film memory technology. It followed the TX-0 and TX-2 transistor experiments - the latter had a small film memory. The 12-bit design of the FX-1 perhaps inspired the LINC.

External links

• https://bitsavers.org/magazines/Computers_And_Automation/196110.pdf#page=9
• http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/mit/whirlwind/history/WW_in_ONR_Newsletters.pdf#page=16
• https://bitsavers.org/pdf/afips/1962-05_%2321.pdf#page=117