Second-generation computer; Transistorized; Business; Engineering; Science; Philco Corporation; TRANSAC S-2000 (Computer); Digital computer: mainframe; Business applications; promotional materials
Object ID
102646276
Philco began in 1906 making electric car batteries as the “Philadelphia Storage Battery Company." Its Transac was among the earliest transistorized computers, but the company’s computer division did not survive. Ford bought Philco in 1961.