Artifact Details

Title

Flip Chip W994 module with hand-made circuits

Catalog Number

102668887

Type

Physical object

Description

W994 module with green substrate and a tan plastic extraction handle, attached by two rivets. Handle reads "DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS" in raised letters. Reverse side of substrate (with solder joints) reads "3-66 PERFORATED BOARD W994A" along the edge. Obverse side has four identical blue and white components, and two individual types; one yellow and one dark green. "FLIP CHIP" can be read through substrate beneath two faint inspection stamps, between the rivets. A repeating "NP" 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 W994 Located on handle
Other number 100nK63 Located on yellow 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