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DATAmatic 1000
Electronic Data Processing System
Preliminary
Manual of Information
DATAmatic Corporation
151 Needham Street
Newton Highlands 61, Massachusetts
March 31, 1956
DATAmafic 1000
Performance Specifications
INPUT: Punched cards
INPUT RATE: 900 punched cards per minute
INTERNAL CODE: Binary coded decimal and alpha-
numeric
STORAGE: 2700-ft. reels of 3-inch wide magnetic
tape
MAGNETIC TAPE CAPACITY: 37,200,000 decimal
digits per reel, up to 100 reels can be directly
connected ..
MAGNETIC READ-WRITE RATE: 60,000 decimal digits
per second
INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS: Input conversion, out-
put conversion, and processing may take place
concurrently
TRANSFER STORAGE: Two input, two output buffers
BUFFER CAPACITY: 744 decimal digits per buffer
INTERNAL MEMORY: Magnetic cores
MEMORY CAPACITY: 24,000 decimal digits
MEMORY ACCESS TIME: Parallel access to 12 decimal
digits in 10 microseconds
MULTI-TAPE SEARCH: Scans up to 10 magnetic tapes
simultaneously
SEARCH RATE: Up to 600,000 decimal digits per
second
COMPARISON RATE: 5000 alphabetic or numeric
comparisons per second
ADDITION RATE: 4000 sets ll-digit (plus sign)
numbers per second
MULTIPLICATION RATE: 1000 sets II-digit (plus
sign) numbers per second
OUTPUT FORMAT: Exceptional flexibility via plug-
boards
OUTPUT RATE - PUNCHED CARDS: 100 per minute
OUTPUT RATE - LOW SPEED PRINTER: 150 120-char-
acter lines per minute maximum
OUTPUT RATE - HIGH SPEED PRINTER: 900 120-char-
acter lines per minute maximum
ORDER STRUCTURE: Three address