Artifact Details

Title

SEAC Control Room

Catalog Number

102710243

Type

Still Image

Description

Black and white. SEAC Computing room at the National Bureau of Standards. This is a book page.
Figure 1.1 SEAC from control console side. Figure 1.2 Component parts of a SEAC instruction .
SEAC was the first computer to use all-diode logic. Diodes are much more reliable than vacuum tubes. It was also the first stored program computer to be completed in the U.S. Standards Eastern Automatic Computer.

Dimensions

overall: 7 in x 5 in

Category

Photograph

Credit

Courtesy of Gwen Bell

Lot Number

X7413.2015
 

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