Easy Way of Using the Digital Computer AMOS

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1957 Berry, FJ "Intercode: An Easy Way of Using the Digital Computer AMOS" Branch Memorandum B4/3/57. ARMAMENT RESEARCH and DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHMENT, FORT HALSTEAD, KENT 

Easy way of using Ferranti digital computer AMOS - Intercode
Armament Research and Development Establishment
Branch Memorandum B4  3/57 Copy No. 50
F J Berry
1957

Unclassified by the Ministry Of Supply

AMOS, a Ferranti Mark I computer, was a typical computer of the time with two-level storage (i.e. a working store using cathode ray tube technology and a backing store using a magnetic drum) with an interchange of data time for backing store to working store of 47 milliseconds while the reverse operation took 93 milliseconds (Berry, 1959) . For large problems this computer was efficient but, for smaller problems, an alternative system of programming was devised that was based on Brooker's Mark I autocode but unlike the autocode developed later by Brooker (as mentioned above). The AMOS Intercode was not intended to replace machine instruction (Berry, 1959); indeed, it retained many of the features of the instruction code.

An outline of a new scheme for presenting problems to the digital computer AMOS

 
This, together with associated notes, was very kindly donated by Jean Fox


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Date Published : 1957

Manufacturer : Ferranti

Platform : B4

 

 

 

 

 

This exhibit has a reference ID of CH5789. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.
 

Easy Way of Using the Digital Computer AMOS

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