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Artifact Details

Title

Whirlwind module

Catalog Number

102677274

Type

Physical object

Description

Object is a module with two vacuum tube sockets in which one is populated. Handwritten on sticker on side reads "From Whirlwind I Computer (MIT)" and a partial printed date of "30 1959".

Date

1951

Manufacturer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Identifying Numbers

Other number	16824-15	Printed on the connector
Other number	FF,MOD IV MTC	Printed on the top
Serial number	509

Dimensions

overall: 1 5/8 in x 5 1/4 in x 9 1/4 in