The SOLIDAC (Solid-state Automatic Computer) was a 50 kHz mini-computer at Glasgow University, built by Barr & Stroud in the late 1950s; Some early computer music was created on the system.[1]

SOLIDAC
Also known asSolid-state Automatic Computer
ManufacturerBarr & Stroud
Release date1959 (1959)
Discontinued1963 (1963)
Units shipped1
CPUTransistor-based
Memory1,024 words, 20 bits each

The machine is currently housed in the National Museums Scotland Collection Centre in Granton, Edinburgh.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "1967 Computer Music, Produced In Glasgow". Physical Impossibility. 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
  2. ^ "SOLIDAC, The first Scottish built computer, by Barr & Stroud and Glasgow University, 1964". 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2023-08-23.
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