Aragats is a first-generation electronic computer developed at the
(YerNIIMM). The elemental base is vacuum tubes. The work supervisor is B.E.Khaikin.
Development continued from 1958 to 1960. In total, 4 copies of the machine were produced.
The basis for the development was the
M-3 computer, developed by the team of I. S. Bruk. Simultaneously with the work on "Aragats", and also on the basis of the M-3 scheme, the YerNIIMM developed the
Razdan computer, based on a semiconductor element base. To assist in the creation of Razdan and Aragats, several employees of the Computing Center of the Academy of Sciences were seconded to Yerevan, the head of the group was A.P. Merenkov.
The head copy was acquired by
Perm State University
Perm State University (now Perm State National Research University; russian: Пермский университет, Пермский государственный университет, , romanised: , ) or PSU, PSNRU (russian: ПГУ, , ro ...
in 1961, although it was originally created for
Leningrad State University
Saint Petersburg State University (SPBU; russian: Санкт-Петербургский государственный университет) is a public research university in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Founded in 1724 by a decree of Peter the G ...
. It was located on the basement floor of the educational building No. 2, and worked until 1973, until it was decommissioned. At the moment, the brass emblem from the computer is stored in the university museum.
Specifications
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* Ferrite (iron), one of the allotropes of iron that is stable at room temperature and pressure, α-Fe
* Ferrite (magnet), a ferrimagnetic ceramic material
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Information storage devices:
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Magnetic drum
Drum memory was a magnetic data storage device invented by Gustav Tauschek in 1932 in Austria. Drums were widely used in the 1950s and into the 1960s as computer memory.
For many early computers, drum memory formed the main working memory ...
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Magnetic tape
Magnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany in 1928, based on the earlier magnetic wire recording from Denmark. Devices that use magne ...
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Punched tape
Five- and eight-hole punched paper tape
Paper tape reader on the Harwell computer with a small piece of five-hole tape connected in a circle – creating a physical program loop
Punched tape or perforated paper tape is a form of data storage ...
References
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External links
Documents in the archive of Academician A. P. Ershov
A Brief History of YerNIIMM
Computer-related introductions in 1960
Soviet computer systems
Yerevan Computer Research and Development Institute