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DRTE Computer
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<p>The DRTE Computer was a <a href="/facts/Transistorized_computer/4JXJWsaQ">transistorized computer</a> built at the <a href="/facts/Defence_Research_Telecommunications_Establishment/INqWSDXo">Defence Research Telecommunications Establishment</a> (DRTE), part of the Canadian <a href="/facts/Defence_Research_Board/EUy86Kr2">Defence Research Board</a>. It was one of the earlier fully transistorized machines, running in prototype form in 1957, and fully developed form in 1960. Although the performance was quite good, equal to that of contemporary machines like the <a href="/facts/PDP-1/PSeIBDJU">PDP-1</a>, no commercial vendors ever took up the design, and the only potential sale to the Canadian Navy's Pacific Naval Laboratories, fell through. The machine is currently part of the Canadian national science and technology collection housed at the <a href="/facts/Canada_Science_and_Technology_Museum/mPjkwamE">Canada Science and Technology Museum</a>. </p>