Artifact Details

Title

Type 6700 Beam Switching Tube

Catalog Number

X1584.99L

Type

Physical object

Description

These decade counter tubes were used in a variety of digital counting systems, including early Remington-Rand UNIVAC computers. These tubes were the second generation of integral vacuum tube counting tubes, employing electromagnetic deflection.

Manufacturer

Burroughs Corporation

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Model number 6700
Serial number 53513

Dimensions

overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 3 1/4 in

Category

Component/vacuum tube

Credit

Gift of Eric Barbour

Lot Number

X1584.99A-M