Artifact Details

Title

SDS AK61 Read input control module

Catalog Number

102733677

Type

Physical object

Description

These two modules are PCBs intended to be inserted in a card cage. There is an extraction handle attached to the front of the card, on which a paper label containing the model number, serial number, and other information is printed.

Opposite the handle there are 47 bifurcated gold-plated contacts arranged in two rows. Mounted on the component side of the PCB are the active and passive components, consisting mainly of transistors, diodes, resistors, capacitors, and jumpers.

All the cards have various quality control stamps on one or both sides of the PCB.

Date

ca. 1966

Manufacturer

Scientific Data Systems (SDS)

Place Manufactured

Santa Monica, Calif.

Identifying Numbers

Model number AK61 Printed in black ink at the top of the extraction handle.
Other number 131027D Stamped in black ink on the circuit side of both of the modules.
Serial number 6492938 Printed vertically in black ink on the extraction handle of one module.
Serial number 8261881 Printed vertically in black ink on the extraction handle of one module.

Dimensions

overall: 6 in x 7/8 in x 5 5/8 in

Category

Component/module

Credit

Gift of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Lot Number

X3872.2007