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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