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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1960)
PAGE 6 Thursday, January 7, 1960 THE BATTALION M® i- w m£ ’| > * * : if Approaching Speed of Light At speeds approaching that of light, information from 864 pieces of information, and can be fed into the IBM-704 punched cards, such as the one being held here, is fed into at the rate of 250 per minute. Shown here are (left to the new giant IBM-704 electronic computer at the Texas right) R. L. Smith, head of the new Center, and Bob Fagley A. and M. College System’s Data Processing Center, on the and Dan Drew, both of International Business Machines A. and M. College campus. The slotted cards will hold up to Corp. builder of the IBM-704. DEDICATION OF DATA PROCESSING CENTER (Continued from Pag’e 1) that long before the 704 is being used that much. One of College Five Before going into the actual of operation of the 704, one of five such machines on college cam puses in the United States— the others are located at the Univer sity of Michigan, the Massachu setts Institute of Technology, the University of California of Los Angeles and the University of Cal ifornia at Berkeley—Rose gave the representatives of the press a back ground on the Data Processing Center and its equipment. He told them the college leased the 604, the smallest of the three, in 1946; the 650, the middle range machine, in August, 1956; and the 704, the giant of IBM’s data pro cessing machine offerings, in De cember, 1959. Board Order Rose told newsmen the center Was established by an order of the A&M System Board of Directors on Aug. 18, 1958. “The Board of Directors showed extreme foresightedness of the im portance of data processing by al lowing us to design a special build ing rather than force us to adjust the machines to existing facilities as some users of the machines have been forced to do,” Rose said. Then came the highlight of the newsmen’s tour—a guided tour complete with explanations through the center. Here’s how the user, of the cen ter’s facilities get the answer to their problems:: Which Machine? First they pi’espnt their problem to an analyst who surveys the data and the problem and decides which of the thre# machines is best suit ed for solving the problem. After the analyst decides which machine, in this example the 704, a programmer sorts the data and prepares to put it in forms which the machine can use. Cards Punched The data is then sent to the card punching • room where it is transferred from any written form to punched cards, similar to the ones used by A&M students at registration. Then this data and all data need ed by the machine to solve the problem is fed into the machine which, contrary to public concept doesn’t think for itself but must be fed all material needed to solve a problem, then solves the problem and comes up with the answer. How fast does it come up with an answer ? One Second Take a number from one to a billion; multiply it by another number from one to a billion; mul tiply that by 5,000; wait one sec ond. There’s the answer. It takes considerably less time to get the answer than to read the problem, using the 704. “Talk Back . . . What if the wrong information on a problem is put into the 704? No problem for it has a built-in “talk back to the opei’ator” fea ture and the teleprinter (on which answers are printed after calcu lations by the machine) will rap out some little message such as “ . . . .step number so and so was incorrect procedure, numbers in correct, problems cannot be solved until . . . etc.” Self Diagnosis In case something goes wrong in one of the thousands of tubes or thousands of miles of wiring, the machine writes the operator a note telling him where the trouble is. The giant computer can store us some 3 million characters in its memory cores, along with 32 ,000 words and its magnetic tapes can write or read a half million char acters in less than six minutes. It can punch out answers on cards at the rate of 100 cards a minute or print 150 lines of reports in the same time. Add, Subtract . . . The 704 can make 40,000 addition or subtractions or 5,000 multipli cations or divisions of 10 digit numbers in one second flat. Incidentally, the 704 is not one machine, but a series of units com posed of a central processing unit, card reader, card punch, printer, six magnetic drum unit and three power units. At present 250 men here at A&M are registered for courses in math ematics, electrical engineering, in dustrial engineering, business ad ministration, all requiring training on the high-speed machine at the center. Write About Itself After the newsmen had conclud ed their tour, they all agreed on one point—they wished they could use the machine to write their stories, they felt like only the machine could write an adequate story about itself! And they’re probably right. BA 77 1 / /O X CLASSIFIED WANT AD RATES day 3 << per word 2^ per word each additional day Minimum charge iO^ DEADUNKS 5 p m. day before publication Classified Display 80c P er column inch each insertion PHONE VI 6-6415 FOR SALE Plan your banquets now. For reserva tions call Triangle Restaurant. TA 2-1352. 3606 South College Ave. 51tfn Sealed bids will be Service Office, A. s 10:00 A. M. January 13, 1960 and publicly opened and read for one ceived at the Farm ' ” ~ ” until then read for one type writer, one R4 Caterpillar tractor, one i 1 /* ton truck, one pickup truck, and various pieces of farm machinery including trac tors, truck tractor, grain drill, side de- d disk harrow. Items WORK WANTED Attention working mothers: All day nursery, 8 to 5. Have had nurses training. S30.00 per month per child. VI 6-6146. 51t2 Child care by day or evening. VI 6-6007. 51 tfn Experienced public typist, 25c per page. TA 3-3865. Ask for Carrie. 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. 50t2 Will keep infant or children in my home. VI 6-8367. Near East Gate. 49t4 liver; may at Farm Service Office. The right is re- „ — bids y rake, mower and disk harrow. Items be inspected and bid forms obtained served to reject any waive any technicalit: and to 50t3 1957 Plymouth, four-door Savoy sedan. Blue and white. V-8 engim thousand miles. Excellent \ousi Price reasoi Street, College Station. Call VI 6-8445. es. ble. y set ne. Only 19 — condition. Contact 407 Church 50tfn Portable Remington typewriter, 1956 Excellent condition. $60.00 TA 2- Port model. 6951. Student wife wishes to care for children in home. Reasonable. Contact Mrs. L. M. Duker, 707 East 24th St. Bryan. 46t6 Typing wanted, neat, accurate. Reason able rates. Mrs. Carlson VI 6-7936. 122tfn Your reporrts will be typed quickly and accurately on electric typewriters at th< Bi-City Secretarial Service, 3408A Texat Avenue, Phone VI 6-5786. 71tfr SPECIAL NOTICE Put your reservations in now for ban quets. Accomodate up 1352. Triangle Restaurant. now for i to 250 peop'e. TA 2- 12tfn 50tfn Must sell 1 Vinyle plastic couch ibedl, Philco electric two oven stove. 1958 Silver- tone TV. Norge accustom-delux refrigera tor. VI 6-8406. 49tfn HELP WANTED NEEDED: Mechanical engineer or per lical engineering experiei gn of Construction machin for small factory. Prefer young man. Some Good opportunity Box 100 c/o Bat- with mechani Work in desig ign of Construe itory. Prefer sales ability necessar; for advancement, talicn. rson nee. machinery sary. Write OFFICIAL NOTICES Official notices must be brought, mailed •r telephoned so as to arrive In the Office »f Student Publications (Ground Elooi YMCA, VI 6-6415, hours 8-12, 1-5, daily Monday through Friday) at or before the deadline of 1 p.m. of the day proceeding ibllcatlon — Director of Student pub lion > tree tor of Stui Pubiica- English Proficiency students majoring in business administra tion will be given January 19 at 4 p. m. in room 202, Francis Hall. Students who plan to take this examination will register in the main office of the Division of Busi ness Administration prior to January 16. Cade’s Auto Repair Department Trained Mechanics—Work Guaranteed Liberal Terms. 1309 Texas Avenue ISStfn Regalia For The January Commencement Exercise All students who are candidates for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are re- lired to order hoods as well as the doctor’s md gown. The hoods are to be left strar’s Office no later than 1 :00 January 19 (this will be the cap and go' at the Regis p. m., Tuesd . m., luesday, January 1! ccf mplished by a represc ollege Exchange Store). T TV - Radio - HiFi Service & Repair GILS RADIO & TV TA 2-0826 101 Highland Electrolux Sales and Beryl cs. o. c ■Vllliams- TA 3-6600 90tf» DAY NURSF.RY by the week, day or hour. Call Mrs. Gregory. 502 Boyett. VI6-4005. 120tfn • KNOrVKERTNG AND ARCHITECTtTRAD STTPPT.rES • BETTE LINE PRINTS • BLUE PRINTS « PHOTOSTATS 1 SCOATES INDUSTRIES M3 Old Sulphur Springs Road BRYAN. TEXAS Dr. George W. Buchanan Chiropractor 304 E 27th Bryan, Texas Phone: Bus. TA 2-4988 Res. TA 2-4981 Early Bird Shoppe, Inc Curtains — Fabrics — Toys Ridgecrest Village TYPEWRITERS Rental - Sales - Service - Terms Distributors For: Royal and Victor Calculators & Adding Machines CATES TYPEWRITER CO. 909 S. Main TA 2-6000 entative of ege Exchange Store). The Ph. D. hoods sin C will not be worn ail such candidates stage as a part of Candidates for th the master's » w; the •ocession since hooded on the ill be ceremonies. Master’s Degree nd ■ wi! thos ear the master s cap and gown ; those ho are candidates for the Bachelor’s De- ree, except Military students, will wear stv le bachelors u dents who gc iidi s, w wn. All Military tes for degrees except bachelor's cap and ire Candida will wear appropriate military uniforms. Rental of caps and gowns may be ar ranged with the Exchange Store. Orders may be placed between 8:00 a. m. January The ws: Doctor's cap and Master’s cap and gown $4.75, cap and gown $4.25. Hood the same as that for cap and gown. 4 and 5:00 p. m. Friday, January 15. rental is as follows: Doctor’s C. E. Tishler, Chairman Convocations Committee S9tl8 FOR RENT Iroom hoy so. nd Park Place. Two bedroom land an VI 6-4052. Corner of High- $50.00 per month. 51 tfn Large, furnished, two bedroom apartment rear Consolidated school. Call VI 6-5149. 50t2 Large bedroom, two closets, desk, joining: >ath, private home of one, near Townshire. TA 3-2221. 200 W. Carson. 50t2 One furnished apartment. Two blocks of North Gate, Postoffice, Campus, Main Street. TA 3-6524. 49t4 Two nice large six room unfurnished houses. Just off A&M Campus. One at 101 Grove and West Park for $57.50. Other at 603 Montclair, College Park for $67.50. VI 6-7496 or VI 6-6026. 49tfn Two nice large furnished apartments in College Park. Four room apartment $45.00. three room apartment $37.50. See at 60.3 Montclair, South Gate, College. VI 6-7496 or VI 6-6026. 49tfn Unusually nice three bedroom house. Large rooms, two porches, garage. *70.00 See at 601 Montclair in College Park or phone VI 6-7496. 2-3tfn Roomy. 2 bedroom apartment. Near Irockett School. Available immediately •hone VI 6-6660 nr VT 6-4916. 137tfn Rpwlnir machines. Pruitt Fabric Shop Brick duplex apartment. Unfurnished me bedroom. Central beat, tiled bath, car ->ort. storeroom. North Gate area. Cal' VT 6-6468. ISStfn Two bedroom, unfurnished, brick apart, oient. 402R Second St. Twin Oaks Ansrt- ments. VT 6-5334 IlStfn Near Gate «cross from A&M Golf course in Golleee Hills. Exceptionally nice clean op** hpHroorn noartme^t. New drap eries. Modern furniture. New stove and refricrerator. AdoU-« only. $fi0.00. without utilities. VT 6-5031 after 6:00 p. m.. all dav Saturday and Snndav 39tfn Apartment two blocks from north gate. Nicely furnished, freezing unit in refrigera- tora. Several walk in eloseta. 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