Artifact Details

Title

Flip Chip B683 module

Catalog Number

102668868

Type

Physical object

Description

B683 module with green substrate and a blue plastic extraction handle, attached by two rivets. Handle reads "DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS" in raised letters. A white, oval, paper sticker covers most of the above text. The sticker reads "MAR 79 9033983 CS" in blue letters. Reverse side of substrate (with solder joints) reads "50 OHM OR BUS DRIVER B683C" along the edge. Obverse side has several components and is marked with two faint inspection stamps; one is a square and the other is a triangle. The reverse side has a circular stamp that reads "42 PR." All stamps are black. "FLIP CHIP" can be read through substrate, beneath the stamps, between rivets. A repeating "obn" pattern in red print is visible on the substrate.

Date

1966 ca.

Manufacturer

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Place Manufactured

Maynard, Massachusetts, U.S.A

Identifying Numbers

Model number B683 Located on extractor handle and substrate
Other number 2N2904A 7308A Located on all three silver, circular Texas Instruments components
Other number 4-73P Located on reverse side of substrate, near handle

Dimensions

overall: 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in

Category

Component/module

Collection Title

SAP Collection

Credit

SAP Collection, Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X3709.2007