Accumulator Shifting Unit 1 Accumulator Shifting Unit 2 Accumulator Main Adder Computer Control I Computer Control X Computer Control II Computer Control III Computer Control IV Computer Control V Computer Control VI Computer Control VII Computer Control VIII Computer Control IX Coincidence Unit Clock Generator Complementer/Collater Control Switches and Logic Counter Digit Pulse Generators Engineers Control Panel Frigs Half Adder Type 1 Half Adder Type 2 Main Control Unit Multiplicand Tank Memory Units Multiplier Tank Order Coder Order Decoder 1 Order Decoder 2 Order Flashing Unit Order Tank Printer Sequence Control Tank Initial Orders Loader Timing Control Tank Tank Address Decoder 0 Tank Address Decoder 1 Tank Address Distribution Tank Address Flashing Units Tank Address Decoding Final Stage Tape Reader Test Frigs Transfer Unit | ||
Order Decoder 1
This drawing shows the second level of Order Decoding. Here the signals generated in the first level are gated together to produce the 32 possible combinations of the five function digits. The outputs from the second level gates are routed directly to the Order Coder Unit. The second level gates are numbered using the octal notation for the bit pattern that they decode. It is not clear if all of the signals are needed - my simulation has assumed that they are, as there are hints that an invalid opcode will cause the machine to halt. My simulation provides an explicit action for a halt, but this may not be needed as the machine will simply cycle on the current instruction if it is not a legal one. No end pulse will be generated and so the MCU will never move to the next instruction. |