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Artifact Details

Title

CDC 1604 supercomputer

Catalog Number

X859.87

Type

Physical object

Description

The 1604 was CDC's first machine. It had 32 - 768 48-bit words of magnetic core storage - single address logic - 2 instructions per 48 bit word - 6 index registers and fit in a 20 foot square room.

Date

1959

Manufacturer

Control Data Corporation (CDC)

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Serial number

Credit

Gift of Jim Payne

Lot Number