Artifact Details

Title

Transformer Read-Only Storage (TROS) Module

Catalog Number

102662312

Type

Physical object

Description

This device, called a Transformer Read Only Store (TROS), held the micro-instructions for the IBM System/360 Models 20 and Model 40 computers. It did this by storing the bit patterns for instruction decoding as a series of holes punched in Mylar sheets that are then read by special pulses.

Date

1964

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Other number 05 MODULE POS on end of object
Other number 12/6/66 "DATE" on white sticker on side
Other number 413202 EC No.
Part number 2215101 On end of object

Dimensions

overall: 2 3/4 in x 15 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in

Copyright Holder

Mark Richards

Category

Memory/other

Credit

Gift of Robert Garner

Lot Number

X3899.2007