Artifact Details

Title

MADDIDA (Magnetic Drum Digital Differential Analyzer) (prototype)

Catalog Number

X1050.91

Type

Physical object

Description

Basic specifications: 53 vacuum tubes 904 diodes 4-track magnetic drum memory Used in solving non-linear differential equations. 22 integrators wide.

Date

1949

Manufacturer

Northrop Aircraft Corporation

Place Manufactured

Hawthorne, CA, US

Identifying Numbers

Model number 22
Serial number Original prototype

Dimensions

56 x 25 x 46 in.

Category

Analog computer

Subject

SNARK; von Neumann, John, 1903--1957

Credit

Gift of Los Angeles County Museum

Lot Number

X1050.91