Artifact Details

Title

WISC (Wisconsin Integrally Synchronized Computer) logic module

Catalog Number

102727975

Type

Physical object

Description

Object is a module containing twelve vacuum tubes on a metal bracket, connected by a network of resistors and wire to an array of banana-plug connectors. A paper reads "SICK". A paper label adhered to the handle reads "100KC+/-45, 9/10/60 FJK".

Date

1951-1954

Manufacturer

Wisconsin, University of

Identifying Numbers

Other number MM E0-2 Stamped in red on upper bracket

Dimensions

overall: 7 1/2 in x 8 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in

Category

Component/module

Credit

Gift of Gene M. Amdahl

Lot Number

X1040.90