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the Datatron in 1952 as the "CEC 30-201". Known also as CEC 30-203 (ElectroData 203), ElectroData 204 or 205, Burroughs 205 (different names signify the development and addition of new peripherals).
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after Burroughs acquired ElectroData in 1956. The Burroughs models of this machine were still in use into the 1960s.
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is used for memory. The drum rotates at 3570 rotations per minute (RPM) and stores 4000 words on 20 tracks (called
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The first systems were equipped with an "Electrodata 203" processor and were shipped to the
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Consolidated Electrodynamics Corporation (CEC), ElectroData's parent corporation, first
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of ten decimal digits plus a sign. Character data occupies two digits per character. A
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Photo of Datatron system at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959
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and first shipped in 1954. The Datatron was later marketed by
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DATATRON Electronic Data Processing Systems Handbook
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Datatron-205 computer at the U.S. Geological Survey
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decimal
vacuum tube
computers
ElectroData Corporation
Burroughs Corporation
pre-announced
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
National Bureau of Standards
magnetic tape
word size
magnetic drum
magnetic core memory


"The Burroughs 220 Computer"
the original
"MODEL 30-201 ELECTRONIC DIGITAL COMPUTER"
"Datatron 205"
"Burroughs 205 Development Chronology"
"Burroughs 205"
"DATATRON"
DATATRON Electronic Data Processing Systems Handbook
Photo of Datatron system at Georgia Institute of Technology in 1959
ElectroData/Burroughs Datatron 205 Emulator
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computer hardware
stub
expanding it
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