Computer History Museum

<p>Black and white image of Burroughs E101 computer. A group of people are sitting around the E101 and there is a WJBK-TV camera in the image. The E101 was used to forecast presdential elections. Verso of image notes that Saul Rosen is the man standing in the picture.</p>

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618641
Burroughs E101 computer

Black and white image of a 1930 differential analyzer, the first automatic computer.

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618648
Vannevar Bush's differential analyzer

<p>This is a black and white image of a man wearing a suit sitting down in front of the IBM 705. This is a side profile shot of the man who is looking down at the console.</p>

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618657
IBM 705 Data Processing System

Black and white image of the Johnniac. A photograph of John Von Neumann hangs on the wall located to the right of the machine. Verso of image has written in pencil on the top proper right corner "Johnniac computer built by Rand Corportation 1952". In the middle there is a stamp in black ink "Jan 20 1966". The number "P3149" appears on the proper left hand corner.

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618693
JOHNNIAC in operation

Black and white image of ABC computer. This image is, in its physical form, on a sheet with three other images. The other images are of John Vincent Atanasoff, Clifford Berry and Physics Building at Iowa State University.

Type
Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618819
Close-up of the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)

Black and white snapshot of Rey Johnson standing in front of RAMAC disk drive touching actuator mechanism.

Type
Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618852
Rey Johnson in front of RAMAC

Black and white image of Trimline touch-tone telephone handset and integrated circuit board.

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618862
Bell Labs Trimline touch-tone telephone handset and circuit board

Black and white close-up image of the AT&T Bell Laboratories first transistor. Signed in blue ink "John Peagce(sic)" Verso upper right corner in pencil B1001C. Verso lower right corner in blue pen P3022

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618871
Bell Labs first transistor

Black and white image of the RCA BIZMAC Clock. In file is a small photocopy cutout with the following text: "BIZMAC Clock. The BIZMAC was the result of an early attempt by RCA to produce a large-scale general-purpose computer for business applications. With its 29,000 tubes and 63,000 diodes, it was certainly one of the largest first generation computers ever built. The machine had an ambitious design that incorporated many features now common in computers, but a series of problems delayed its introduction until the late 1950's. (following text crossed out) By then computers using solid state circuits and ferrite-core memories would make the BIZMAC obsolete. Only a few of the gargantuan machines were ever installed." Verso in pencil is number #590.

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102618875
RCA BIZMAC clock

Black and white image of two FlipChip modules superimposed in front of a Teletype machine Verso " W706+W707"

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102618928
DEC Modules - Flip Chip boards

B&W image of Librascope L-224 Drum. This top view shows head and electronic assemblies.. Recto top right corner: " LIBRASCOPE NEG. NO. 21885"

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621820
Librascope - L-224 - Top View

B&W image of Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputer System. It has a TRS-80 Video Display, Keyboard and tape cassette. The computer is in a home kitchen on the table. A man is seated with pen, paper and a cup of coffee. In the background is a woman making a salad. On the back wall is a stove, cabinets and sink. Recto bottom Margin: " Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputer System" Verso:metadata " A personal microcomputer for your home is being offered by Radio Shack, the nationwide electronics store chain. For about the price of a color TV, the new Radio Shack TRS-80 Microcomputer System can be used for personal finance management, storing recipes, menu planning and to play an ever-increasing number of computer games, including blackjack and backgammon. 7741-D.

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621834
Radio Shack TRS-80 advertisement

B&W image of Pyramid 98x Supermini Computer (minicomputer). On left is the computer cabinet and on the right a tape drive. Metadata bottom margin: " Pyramid 98x Supermini computer Pyramid Technology Corporation, Mountain View, California"

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621853
Pyramid Technology - 98x Supermini Computer

B&W image of Tectronix Graphic Tablet. Has pen with cable attached laying on pad surface. Control panel has switches and identification.

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621855
Tektronix Graphic Tablet

B&W image of Tectronix T-4002 Graphic Computer Terminal. Keyboard screen. Beside terminal is a joystick.

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621856
Tektronix T-4002 Graphic Computer Terminal

B&W image of a woman seated in front of a pile of semiconductor chips. Attached info sheet: "For Immediate Release Boston ---- Revolutionary MicroVAX II semiconductor chip set announced today by Digital Equipment Corporation boasts the power of 3,200 conventional chips stacked here. The chip set has the equivalent of 165,000 transitors and is the heart of new MicroVAX II computer system and the VAXstation II workstation, also introduced today by the company,. In many applications, the new chips average 90 percent of the power of the wall-size VAX processor introduced by the company 7 years ago. The chips are being manufactured at the company's semiconductor facitlity in Hudson, MA."

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621858
DEC MicroVAX II Chip Set

B&W image of TeradataDBC/1012 Data Base Computer. Verso attached metadata: "The Teradata DBC/1012 is the first integrated hardware and software data base computer system designed to handle up to trillion byte data bases."

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621859
Teradata - DBC/1012

Color image of a Siemens computer system. A man is seated at the console in the foreground with another man standing behind it.

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102621860
Siemens Computer System

This is a color image of the ENIAC-on-a-Chip, an ENIAC test chip created by a team of students and faculty at the University of Pennsylvania School Of Engineering & Applied Science, for the ENIAC 50th celebration February 14,1996.

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102622393
ENIAC on-a-Chip

This is a color image of two undergraduate male students holding chips that hold the entire ENIAC circuitry. The student on the left,wearing a "PENN" shirt has a die on his left finger tip and the student on the right, wearing glasses, has an IC chip in his right hand. In the background are computers that look like the original ENIAC. Background is somewhat dark with light coming from the direction of the camera. Written on the label affixed to verso side is "Penn undergrads, James Tau & Lin Ping Ang, hold the ENIAC test chip (containing the entire original ENIAC circuitry) which they and faculty from Penn's Electrical Engineering Dept., School of Engineering & Applied Science, created for the ENIAC 50th celebration. This copy is provided for research purposes only, and with the understanding that no further reproduction or quotation from it will be made without express permission of the author."

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Still Image
Format
Photographic Print
Catalogue number
102622394
James Tau and Lin Ping Ang hold the ENIAC test chip