Artifact Details

Title

IBM 700 series vacuum tube module

Catalog Number

102729931

Type

Physical object

Description

This record contains 12 modules consisting of a Bakelite plug with two rows and eight columns of contact pins, four rows of solder terminals on each side, and eight tube sockets on top. There is a rod that extends from above the tubes to a cam on the bottom to lock the module in place. Components are mounted vertically between adjacent solder terminals. Six sockets are wired, but none of them are populated. This description covers twelve identical modules.

Date

1955 ca.

Identifying Numbers

Other number 0435E Stamped in black ink on the top surface of one module
Other number 0598E Stamped in black ink on the top surface of one module
Other number 0614E Stamped in black ink on the top surface of one module
Other number 0715E Stamped in black ink on the top surface of one module
Other number 0862E Stamped in black ink on the top surface of one module
Other number 526906 Stamped in black ink on the top surface of six modules.
Other number 526906 Hand written in black ink on the top surface of six modules.

Dimensions

overall: 1 1/8 in x 9 11/16 in x 7 1/2 in

Category

Component/vacuum tube

Credit

Gift of Paul Pierce

Lot Number

X7021.2014