Cubic DH-59 was a real-time general purpose computer and was part of the AERIS system. Built on 4,500 diodes and 1,500 transistors 2N1754 and 2N404 by Cubic Corporation and contains about 180 modules. Uses a binary system. A drum was used to store data. To enter information, a digitizer (front panel) was used. The computer performed addition operations in 130 ms., Division in 2730 ms. and multiplications in 2860 ms.
The computer received data from the MME range and the outputs of X, Y, Z, and H. Information was output using D / A and B / BCD converters, the D / A converter plotted, and the B / BCD converter plotted.
Features
- Power consumption: 0.25 kW
- The volume of logic is 3.7 cubic meters.
- The volume of the drum is 3.7 cubic meters.
- Logic Weight - 90 lbs (~ 41KG)
- Drum Weight - 120 lbs. (~ 55KG)
AERIS
AERIS consists of two to five portable stations (one of which is an investigator), the size of a suitcase, and a data processing station that can be on the ground. The investigator is an on-board unit and consists of a receiver, a transmitter, a modular generator and a data synthesizer. The investigator continuously measured the distance between the portable stations (respondents) and sent it to the data processing stations (Cubic DH-59).