Artifact Details

Description

Object is part of the IBM System/3 computer system product line. It consists of two units mounted in the same system cabinet. The top unit is the IBM 5424. This is the card-handling unit for IBM's new 96 column punch card. This new card was released specificaly for the System/3. The IBM 5424 has two input hoppers and a control panel on the right, and a set of four hoppers on the left.

The bottom unit is the IBM 5444 Disk drive. It was a new disk drive designed specifically for uses with the Systen/3. One or two drives could be mounted in the system cabinet. This object has two drives.

The IBM 5444 disk drive had two platters: one fixed and one removable. Information was stored on both sides of a platter, resulting in a capacity of 2,457,600 bytes per platter. The removable platter is an IBM 5440 Disk Cartridge.

Manufacturer

International Business Machines (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Model number	5424	Mutifunction Card Unit number on a gray section on the front of the object
Model number	5444	On the front of each red panel
Other number	142.88.39.2	Computer Museum Aachen depricated registration number on an adhered label on the back of the object
Other number	5424 5304865	On a white label on the back of the machine

Dimensions

overall: 54 in x 34 in x 26 1/4 in

Category

I/O/punched card

Collection Title

SAP Collection

Credit

SAP Collection, Computer History Museum

Lot Number

X3709.2007

Related Records

102752084	Box of Spare Parts for IBM 5424 Multifunction Card unit
102752082	IBM 5440 Disk Pack
102752083	Punch card chad