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==IOC phase==

The [[Librascope AN/FYQ-11 Data Processor Set]]{{r|Figure1-2}} was "a configuration of the L-3055" computer that [[Librascope]] manufactured at [[Glendale, California|Glendale]]<ref name="librascopememories">{{cite web|url=http://www.librascopememories.com/Librascope_Memories/History_files/Climate%20for%20Ingenuity%20-%201965.pdf |title=www.librascopememories.com/Librascope_Memories/History_files/Climate%20for%20Ingenuity%20-%201965.pdf |publisher=librascopememories.com|access-date=2015-03-08}}</ref> procured for the Initial Operational Capability phase with limited FYQ-11 equipment (e.g., without OA-6041 Control-Indicator Console).<ref name=PRM>{{Cite report |title=Programmer's Reference Manual |url=http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/pdf/generalPrecision/L-3055/L-3055_Programmers_Reference_Manual_Sep63.pdf |access-date=2014-04-08 |quote=Central Processor, Control Console, and Core Memory … Buffer Processors …Magnetic Tape Consoles, Card Reader/Punch, and Line Printer…Disc Memory}} ([http://www.marksmath.com/files/librascope/prm-01.html webpage transcription at MarksMath.com)]</ref> and only "4 integrated consoles".{{r|Brown}} FYQ-11 had been accepted by the USAF [[Electronic Systems Division]] in late March 1965{{r|Sturm1967}}{{rp|39}} to replace the IBM 1410 (each FYQ-11 was "234&nbsp;cu ft [and required] 500&nbsp;sq ft" area).<ref name="googleusercontent">{{cite web|url=https://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-l.html |title=BRL Report 1964 |publisher=webcache.googleusercontent.com |access-date=2015-03-08 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916184557/http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/BRL64-l.html |archive-date=2015-09-16 }}</ref> The FYQ-11 had been proposed on February 19, 1962, for the Complete Operational Capability{{r|Singer}} (dual AN/FYQ-11 sets with only a single OA-6041.){{r|PRM}} COC programs planned for the L-3055 included the "Deployment Monitor", "ACE-Tactical", and "ACE-Transport"{{r|TR66-261}}<!--Appendix B--> ([[Computer Based Training]] on the FYQ-11 was also planned.)<ref>{{Citation |format=letter |last=O'Brien |first=John T. |date=7 October 1968 |title=Review of Technical Document [ESD-TR-66-261] |publisher=ESD Public Information Division |___location=letter is last page of [PDF |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413141220/http://wwwapps.dtic.mil/dticsti/trpdfs/fulltext/u2/483236AD0483236.pdf pdf|work=Computer Directed Training: System 473L Query forLanguage |id=ESD-TR-66-261]}}</ref> After FYQ-11 problems, [[John P. McConnell (general)|the USAF Chief of Staff]] in 1966 cancelled the AN/FYQ-11 and the [[Comptroller General of the United States|Comptroller]] was directed to dispose of "the L-3055 system's equipment"{{r|Sturm1967}} (1977 lawsuit claims by the 1968 Librascope parent--[[The Singer Company]]—were denied.)

==Complete operational capability==