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== The Digital Revolution ==
 
== The Digital Revolution ==
 
=== The First Computers ===
 
=== The First Computers ===
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* wire based digital storage using PWMC
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* electro-mechanical digital computers
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** the digital storage was constructed using a telegraph key as output, a long coiled string, and a pickup transducer to pick up the signal
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* wire based digital internal storage using PWMC
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** the digital storage was constructed using a mechanical telegraph key as output, a long coiled string, and a pickup transducer to pick up the signal
 
** required a refresh circuit
 
** required a refresh circuit
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* no external digital storage
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=== Second Generation Computers ===
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* mostly electronically digital computers
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* removable magnetic wire coil external storage using PWMC
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** wire coil strung from one spindel to another through a magnetic read/write head
  
 
=== Zero Deliminated Character Code ===
 
=== Zero Deliminated Character Code ===

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The Telegraph

Pulse Width Modulation Code

  • akin to Morse code
  • based upon letter frequency in Delang
  • a shift character code switches between letters and numbers and punctuation
    • each transmission blocks are separated by two shift characters
      Ex: SHIFT SHIFT T H I S SPACE I S SPACE A SPACE T E S T SHIFT 1 2 3 SHIFT SHIFT
  • numbers 1-5 is 1 to 5 dots, while 6 to 9 is one dash and 1 to 4 dots. zero is two dashes
    1 ▄▄, 2 ▄▄▄▄, 3 ▄▄▄▄▄▄, 4 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄, 5 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄, 6 ▄▄▄▄▄▄, 7 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄, 8 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄, 9 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄, 0 ▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄

The Digital Revolution

The First Computers

  • electro-mechanical digital computers
  • wire based digital internal storage using PWMC
    • the digital storage was constructed using a mechanical telegraph key as output, a long coiled string, and a pickup transducer to pick up the signal
    • required a refresh circuit
  • no external digital storage

Second Generation Computers

  • mostly electronically digital computers
  • removable magnetic wire coil external storage using PWMC
    • wire coil strung from one spindel to another through a magnetic read/write head

Zero Deliminated Character Code

  • binary stream based digital storage
  • based upon Pulse Width Modulation Code
  • shift character codes switches between lower case, upper case, numbers, punctuation, and codes
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