Building the ORACLE computer CPU

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Date
1953
Credit Line
Courtesy of the Argonne National Laboratory
Keywords
Government; Tube; Mainframes; Engineering; Science; Oracle
Object ID
102626985

Engineers test a small part of the arithmetic unit of the ORACLE computer. Hand built in standard racks, ORACLE was the world’s fastest computer in 1953. The complete machine filled several rooms.