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The UNIVAC 418 was a transistorized, 18-bit word core memory machine made by Sperry Univac. The name came from its 4-microsecond memory cycle time and 18-bit word. The assembly language for this class of computers was TRIM III and ART418. Over the three different models, more than 392 systems were manufactured. It evolved from the Control Unit Tester (CUT), a device used in the factory to test peripherals for larger systems. ==Architecture== The instruction word had three formats: :''Format I'' - common Load, Store, and Arithmetic operations *f - Function code (6 bits) *u - Operand address (12 bits) :''Format II'' - Constant arithmetic and Boolean functions *f - Function code (6 bits) *z - Operand address or value (12 bits) :''Format III'' - Input/Output *f - Function code (6 bits) *m - Minor function code (6 bits) *k - Designator (6 bits) used for channel number, shift count, etc.〔(The UNIVAC 418 Computer, Unisys History Newsletter Volume 4, Number 2 August 2000, by George Gray )〕 Numbers were represented in ones' complement, single and double precision. The TRIM assembly source code used octal numbers as opposed to more common hexadecimal because the 18-bit words are evenly divisible by 3, but not by 4. The machine had the following addressable registers: *A - Register (Double precision Accumulator, 36 bits) composed of: * *AU - Register (Upper Accumulator, 18 bits) * *AL - Register (Lower Accumulator, 18 bits) *ICR - Register (Index Control Register, 3 bits), also designated the "B-register" *SR - Register ("Special Register", 4 bits), a paging register allowing direct access to memory banks other than the executing (''P'' register) bank *P - Register (Program address, 15 bits) All register values were displayed in real time on the front panel of the computer in binary, with the ability of the user to enter new values via push button (a function that was safe to perform only when the computer was not in ''run'' mode). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「UNIVAC 418」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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