Artifact Details

Title

Whirlwind parity register

Catalog Number

102733240

Type

Physical object

Description

The record contains a module with twelve vacuum tubes, all unpopulated, 1 large connector and and 21 coax connectors. One of the coax connectors had a peice of coax cable still affixed to it. There are four paper labels affixed along the bottom edge that read "01083," "02088," "02057," and "02392."

Date

1951

Identifying Numbers

Model number 842 Engraved in a white-on-black plastic label.
Other number F2-5 Handwritten on a paper label on the back right corner of the module.
Serial number 32 Printed on a nameplate on the back of the module and is slightly viewable under the front nameplate.

Dimensions

overall: 8 1/2 in x 26 in x 15 1/2 in

Category

Component/module

Lot Number

D31.73