Artifact Details

Title

SMS card

Catalog Number

102730153

Type

Physical object

Description

Standard Modular System (SMS) card of unknown function, containing discrete transistors and resistors. The circuit board is single sided and has 16 printed finger pins along one edge. There is a partial ground plane on the component side but not under any of the components. There is only one sample of this particular model number.

Date

1959 ca.

Manufacturer

International Business Machines (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Model number 371311 Stamped along the edge of the component side of the board
Other number EC 105798 Stamped along the edge of the component side of the board
Other number IBP03F Stamped along the edge of the component side of the board

Dimensions

overall: 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in

Category

Component/module

Credit

Gift of Paul Pierce

Lot Number

X7021.2014