Experience on the Air Force UNIVAC

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to discuss those factors the Air Force finds to have the most impact on electronic-computer reliability. In order to accomplish this purpose, I shall tell the story, in a general way, of the Air Force's experience with the UNIVAC for the past 18 months. During this time it has been under the sole control of the DCS/Comptroller, Headquarters, United States Air Force. I shall correlate these experiences with the reliability aspect of electronic computation.