Artifact Details

Title

Harvard Mark II/III drum read-write head assembly

Catalog Number

102732650

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a heavy curved metal bracket with flat spaces for the attachment of 24 read-write heads in two rows of 12 each. Only five of the heads are present. Possibly this was the operational configuration as only four of the heads are wired in what appears to be an undamaged cable of four wires, and there is no indication that the other 19 heads were ever present. All of the read-write heads are labeled "HARVARD COMPUTATION LABORATORY."

Date

ca. 1947

Manufacturer

Harvard Computation Laboratory

Dimensions

overall: 4 in x 15 in x 8 in

Category

Memory & storage/drum

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