Artifact Details

Title

Sigma 5 peripheral interface cable

Catalog Number

102731063

Type

Physical object

Description

This object consists of 5 sections of cable connecting 6 standard size SDS printed circuit modules in a daisy chained manner. Each cable contains 14 shielded signal wires. One of the modules is an AT11 "CABLE DRIVER RECEIVER" which has a copyright label of "SDS-65".The remaining 5 modules are AT17 "CABLE DRIVER/RECEIVER" which have a copyright label of "SDS-66". Each module has an attached paper tag with a hand written label. The table below list the modules in the order they occur in the cable:

Type Cables Label
AT11 1 Unit4 Gate1 E9
AT17 1/2 Unit4 Gate1 G26
AT17 2/3 Unit4 Gate2 G26
AT17 3/4 TAPE Gate2 I26
AT17 4/5 TAPE Gate3 E26
AT17 5 RAD Gate1 C26

Date

1966 ca.

Manufacturer

Scientific Data Systems (SDS)

Identifying Numbers

Model number AT11 Silkscreened on the right front corner of the component side of the AT11 module
Model number AT17 Silkscreened on the right front corner of the component side of the AT17 modules
Other number 116527C Silkscreened in white on the left edge of the component side of 2 of the AT11 modules
Other number 123019 Silkscreened on the right front corner of the component side of the AT11 module and denoted "assy no"
Other number 126714 Silkscreened on the right front corner of the component side of the AT17 module and denoted "assy no"
Other number 127827-* Somewhere on the component side of the AT17 modules

Dimensions

AT11 module: 7/8 in x 4 1/4 in x 5 1/2 in; AT17 Module: 7/8 in x 4 3/4 in x 5 1/2 in; cable1: 120 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in; cable2: 99 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in; cable3: 26 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in; cable4: 216 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in; cable5: 464 in x 3/8 in x 3/8 in; overall:

Category

Component/cable