circuit board of a D-1000 mainframe computer
Date: circa 1960
Inventory Number: 2007-1-0017
Classification: Computer Element
Subject:
Maker: DATAmatic Corporation (founded 1955)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
20.5 × 5.9 × 32 cm (8 1/16 × 2 5/16 × 12 5/8 in.)
Description:
This circuit board is a removable module (look at the two handles and fastening clip) from a much larger Datamatic D-1000 mainframe computer. Its chief purpose is unknown. There is a vacuum tube coming out from the front of the device. It has been documented separately.
Signedunsigned
Inscribedon a piece of glued paper: Presented to / David Newton / At the Retirement of the / Brighton D-1000 / Brighton, Mass. / November 24, 1966
on the same piece of paper: Finke
engraved on the device, front: 11 213
on one side: D-249-257 REV 2 / H.S. GATE AMPL.
on the other side: D 8691449-21
on the same piece of paper: Finke
engraved on the device, front: 11 213
on one side: D-249-257 REV 2 / H.S. GATE AMPL.
on the other side: D 8691449-21
Historical AttributesThe D-1000 from which came this circuit board was decommissioned in 1966.