Artifact Details

Title

Vacuum tube module

Catalog Number

102673133

Type

Physical object

Description

Vacuum tube module consists of eight red circuit boards attached to a chassis with eight vacuum tube positions on the front. A metal rod extends through the left side. Similar to modules used in IBM 704 and 709. Has 3 unused and unwired tube sockets.

Date

1955 ca.

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Other number 161 Rubber stamped on tube socket
Other number 518857 Rubber stamped on tube socket chassis

Dimensions

overall: 1 in x 9 1/2 in x 7 1/2 in

Category

Component/circuit board / module

Credit

Gift of Greydon C. Freeman

Lot Number

X3755.2007