--- title: The ARCTURUS Computer Developed At Sydney University In... description: ARCTURUS was a research computer built at Sydney University in the 1960s on a minimal budget, serving until 1975. Developed by David Wong for his PhD thesis,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-arcturus-computer-developed-at-sydney-university-in-the-1960s-wwkw4o10c twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The ARCTURUS Computer Developed At Sydney University In The 1960s | daily.dev og:description: ARCTURUS was a research computer built at Sydney University in the 1960s on a minimal budget, serving until 1975. Developed by David Wong for his PhD thesis,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-arcturus-computer-developed-at-sydney-university-in-the-1960s-wwkw4o10c og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WWkw4O10C.png og:image:alt: The ARCTURUS Computer Developed At Sydney University In The 1960s og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The ARCTURUS Computer Developed At Sydney University In The 1960s **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary ARCTURUS was a research computer built at Sydney University in the 1960s on a minimal budget, serving until 1975. Developed by David Wong for his PhD thesis, it was a fixed-point, binary, parallel computer using diode-transistor circuits and ferrite-core memory. The system featured a 13-bit address space for 8,192 words of 20-bit data, supported 32 instructions, and prioritized performance over simplicity by choosing parallel processing and core memory over slower alternatives like drum storage. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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