Artifact Details

Title

Some facts about the Control Data 6600

Catalog Number

102621029

Type

Document

Description

This is a three-hole punched, four color brochure about the Control Data 6600 computer. The front cover has a color photograph of the console for the Control Data 6600 computer on white background. The first section is an overview of the Control Data 6600. Included in this section is a black and white photograph of the "copper tubing used in cooling the components and memory elements." The following section is a list of 6600 facts. The following page is a color photograph of a actual sized logic module used in the 6600. The following page is a continuation of the list of facts, and includes a black and photograph of memory system and housing area. The following page is a color photograph of a memory system modules used in the 6600. The following page folds up and has two black and white photographs, one is of a 6600 Disk File System and the other is of the 6600 Console tube display. Below is the following page that contains two black and white photographs. The first photograph is of a silicon transistor and the second is a photomicrograph of a silicon chip. The following page folds down and has a black and white photograph of the page frames. The last page is in the center of the brochure and is a color photograph of the computer system. The back cover has a barcode sticker on the bottom right corner.

Date

1963-08

Publisher

Control Data Corporation (CDC)

Place of Publication

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Other number BR20

Extent

8 p.

Dimensions

11 in. x 8 1/2 in.

Copyright Holder

Control Data Corporation (CDC)

Category

Promotional Material

Subject

promotional materials; Military/Aerospace applications; Scientific applications; Control Data 6600 (Computer); Digital computer: mainframe

Lot Number

X3067.2005