Title
Leprechaun - Bell Labs Digital ComputerCatalog Number
102712190Type
Still imageDescription
B&W image of a man looking at a part of the BelLab's Leprechaun computer.Metadata:" Public Relations Photo Service (201) 582-5661
Subject: Computeras
General - Leprechaun Number B 1355/9-8 C. 6.4-3
Date Taken: 1957
Source: Release, May 27, 1957
Background Information: Intricately wired assemblies, like the one which J.A. Githens of Bell Telephone laboratories is checking, form much of the inner works of LEPRECHAUN, a new digital computer. Developed at Bell labs under Air Force contract, this latest addition to the field of high-speed computers is distinguished by its low power and small size. It occupies only slightly more space than a home television set and requires less power to operate. One outstanding feature of the machine is that it can be used as a test model for proposed computer designs without building new equipment. While LEPRECHAUN is still in the experimental stage, the techniques developed are expected to have many future applications.
Date
1957 ca.Publisher
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc.Identifying Numbers
| Other number | #1618 | Verso pencil |
| Other number | 25-4-21 | Verso pencil - crossed out |
| Other number | 255 | Verso pencil - crossed out - paper sticker |
| Other number | B1355/0-8 | Verso pencil - crossed out |
Dimensions
overall: 9 1/4 in x 8 inCategory
Publicity photographCredit
Courtesy of Gwen BellLot Number
X7413.2015