Artifact Details

Title

Whirlwind bus driver arithmetic rack

Catalog Number

102733435

Type

Physical object

Description

The rack contains five vacuum tubes of varying type. There are 16 coaxial connectors boardering object. At one end there is a connector. On the opposite side there is a densly populated phenolic board. "NR3701-Box1#1 us driver arithmetic rack #5" is handwritten in red on a paper note taped to the top of the object.

Date

1951

Manufacturer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

Identifying Numbers

Other number A5-1 Handwritten on a white sticker on the back.
Serial number 5 Printed in the top left corner of the top, on the phenolic board at the back, and on a sticker.

Dimensions

overall: 8 in x 26 in x 11 1/2 in

Category

Component/module

Credit

Gift of Compaq Computer Corporation

Lot Number

X7422.2015