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20: 261: 35:. The machine was originally developed by Atron Corporation as the Atron 501 Datamanager, introduced in 1969. It was marketed primarily for 101: 19: 92: 207: 32: 254: 285: 185: 280: 73: 69: 247: 215: 164: 136: 96: 37: 231: 274: 159: 227: 114: 81: 65: 95:
at up to 9600 baud, and usually served as a remote job entry system to a larger
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with a 2 μs cycle time, expandable to 32 KB. It supported one to four
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between 280 and 1250 lines per minute (lpm), a 400 cards per minute (cpm)
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with up to 16 devices per channel. It offered a choice of
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Two related models from Mohawk were the 1200 and the 2300.
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was a small floor-standing computer manufactured by
255: 56:The system had a base memory of 4 KB of 8: 84:unit, and 7 and 9-track half-inch magnetic 262: 248: 184:Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation (1975). 16:Early electrical communications computer 125: 211:at the Computer Museum History Center 155: 153: 131: 129: 7: 223: 221: 187:System 2400 The Peripheral Processor 137:"Computer Industry Annual 1971-72" 14: 216:MDS 2400 manuals at Bitsavers.org 165:"Operator's guide: MDS 21 series" 33:Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation 23:Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation 1: 41:applications and promoted as 234:. You can help Knowledge by 72:, a 160 columns per second 302: 220: 93:synchronous communications 106:protocol, among others. 43:The Peripheral Processor 80:reader, a 2.48 MB 230:-related article is a 24: 91:The system supported 62:input/output channels 22: 209:Mohawk Data Sciences 286:Minicomputer stubs 97:mainframe computer 25: 243: 242: 293: 281:Remote job entry 264: 257: 250: 222: 195: 194: 192: 181: 175: 174: 169: 157: 148: 147: 145: 143: 133: 38:remote job entry 301: 300: 296: 295: 294: 292: 291: 290: 271: 270: 269: 268: 204: 199: 198: 190: 183: 182: 178: 172:... BSC2780 ... 167: 163: 158: 151: 141: 139: 135: 134: 127: 122: 112: 54: 17: 12: 11: 5: 299: 297: 289: 288: 283: 273: 272: 267: 266: 259: 252: 244: 241: 240: 219: 218: 213: 203: 202:External links 200: 197: 196: 176: 149: 124: 123: 121: 118: 111: 108: 53: 50: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 298: 287: 284: 282: 279: 278: 276: 265: 260: 258: 253: 251: 246: 245: 239: 237: 233: 229: 224: 217: 214: 212: 210: 206: 205: 201: 189: 188: 180: 177: 173: 166: 161: 156: 154: 150: 138: 132: 130: 126: 119: 117: 116: 109: 107: 105: 104:multi-leaving 103: 98: 94: 89: 87: 83: 79: 75: 71: 67: 66:line printers 63: 59: 51: 49: 46: 44: 40: 39: 34: 30: 21: 236:expanding it 228:minicomputer 225: 208: 186: 179: 171: 140:. Retrieved 115:George Cogar 113: 100: 90: 82:disk storage 55: 47: 42: 36: 28: 26: 86:tape drives 70:card reader 58:core memory 52:Description 275:Categories 120:References 78:paper tape 74:card punch 142:March 30, 110:See also 29:MDS 2400 226:This 191:(PDF) 168:(PDF) 232:stub 160:2780 144:2012 102:HASP 76:, a 27:The 277:: 170:. 162:- 152:^ 128:^ 45:. 263:e 256:t 249:v 238:. 193:. 146:.

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Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation
Mohawk Data Sciences Corporation
remote job entry
core memory
input/output channels
line printers
card reader
card punch
paper tape
disk storage
tape drives
synchronous communications
mainframe computer
HASP
George Cogar


"Computer Industry Annual 1971-72"


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"Operator's guide: MDS 21 series"
System 2400 The Peripheral Processor
Mohawk Data Sciences at the Computer Museum History Center
MDS 2400 manuals at Bitsavers.org
minicomputer
stub
expanding it
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