SOLIDAC

SOLIDAC

Also known as	Solid-state Automatic Computer
Manufacturer	Barr & Stroud
Release date	1959 (1959)
Discontinued	1963 (1963)
Units shipped	1
CPU	Transistor-based
Memory	1,024 words, 20 bits each

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]

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

References

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.

External links

• Studio für Elektronische Musik
• Short paper by designer P.A.V Thomas Archived 2016-11-19 at the Wayback Machine doi:10.1109/85.238393
• The Design Philosophy of a Small Electronic Automatic Digital Computer (PhD Thesis)