Artifact Details

Title

Flip Chip W501 module

Catalog Number

102668872

Type

Physical object

Description

W501 module with green substrate and a tan, plastic extraction handle attached by two rivets. Handle reads "DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS." Reverse side of substrate (with solder joints) reads " SCHMITT TRIGGER W 50F 12-66" along the edge. Obverse side has several components and is marked with four inspection stamps; "FLIP CHIP" can be read through substrate, between rivets.A repeating pattern of "NP" in red letters is visible across the substrate.

Date

1966 ca.

Manufacturer

Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)

Place Manufactured

Maynard, Massachusettes, U.S.A.

Identifying Numbers

Model number W501 Located on outer-face of tan, plastic extraction handle
Other number 12-66 Located on reverse-side of substrate
Other number 6R8UF35V Located on cylindrical, silver component

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