TX-2

The MIT Lincoln Laboratory TX-2 computer was the successor to the Lincoln TX-0 and was known for its role in advancing both artificial intelligence and human–computer interaction. Wesley A. Clark was the chief architect of the TX-2.<ref name="november">Template:Cite book</ref>

SpecificationsEdit

The TX-2 was a transistor-based computer using the then-huge amount of 64K 36-bit words of magnetic-core memory. The TX-2 became operational in 1958.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Because of its powerful capabilities, Ivan Sutherland's revolutionary Sketchpad program was developed for and ran on the TX-2.<ref>Reilly, Edwin D. (2003) Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology Greenwood Publishing Group Template:ISBN pg 261</ref><ref>Kalay, Yehuda E. (2004) Architecture's New Media: Principles, Theories, and Methods of Computer-aided Design MIT Press Template:ISBN pg 66</ref> One of its key features was the ability to directly interact with the computer through a graphical display.<ref>Naughton, John (1999): A brief history of the future: the origins of the internet, London, p. 71</ref>

The compiler was developed by Lawrence Roberts while he was studying at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Digital Equipment Corporation was a spin-off of the TX-0 and TX-2 projects. The TX-2 Tape System was a block addressable 1/2" tape developed for the TX-2 by Tom Stockebrand which evolved into LINCtape and DECtape.

Dr. Leonard Kleinrock developed the mathematical theory of packet networks which he successfully simulated on the TX-2 computer at Lincoln Lab.