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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.

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

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