Title: SPEDTAC
Description: The impact of the electronic computer on the teaching of mathematics, science, and engineering has created the need for a relatively low cost digital computer for classroom and laboratory use. SPEDTAC (Stored Program Educational Digital Transistorized Automatic Computer), was designed specifically to fulfill this need. SPEDTAC is a serial, binary, single-address, fixed point, solid state, stored program digital computer particularly oriented towards instructional use.

The work was supported by the National Science Foundation under the New Laboratory Equipment Program of the Course Content Improvement Section. A prototype was first put into operation during the spring of 1962 at Oregon College of Education, Monmouth, Oregon. Final modifications were, completed during the spring of 1963 after approximately one year of operation and evaluation.

It is the purpose of this paper to present at an introductory level a description of SPEDTAC in the hope that it will serve as a model for the construction of similar computers to be used throughout the high schools and colleges of the nation.

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  [1]: http://spedtac.com/ "SPEDTAC Website"
Subjects: Electronic digital computers
People: Allen Fulmer
Time periods: 1964