Bendix G-15 Lease Price List
date: label: date made
content: 1956
name: label: maker
content: Bendix
notes: label: Description
content: This is an early price list for customers wishing to lease a Bendix G-15 general purpose computer system. What could be rented - and the monthly lease price - was:
label: Description
content: 1, G-15 general purpose computer - this included a typewriter for input, output, and control; apaper tape input and output; installation; maintenance; a library of subroutines; and training courses - all for $1800 a month
label: Description
content: 2. MTA-2 magnetic tape unit - up to four units, each with 300,000 word storage - $270 a month
label: Description
content: 3. AN-1 - alphanumeric paper tape input and output accessory - $280 a month
label: Description
content: 4. DA-1 - digital differential analyzer - $550 a month
label: Description
content: 5. PA-1 - graph plotter, for use with DA-1 - $75 a month
label: Description
content: 6. PFA-1 - graph plotter.follower for use with DA-1 - $230 a month
label: Description
content: 7. PTP-1 - paper tape output punch (60 characters/second) - $130/month
label: Description
content: 8. CA-1 - punched card input-output converter - $50/month
label: Description
content: A minimum lease was for one year, with a 50% increase in prices for every shift over one. Might also purchase.
label: Description
content: The list was received with a Bendix G-15 computer (see acquisition 1988.0435).
label: Description
content: Compare 1988.3106.37, 1988.3106.38, and 1988.3106.39.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry D. and Velma R. Huskey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.3106.38
label: catalog number
content: 1988.3106.38
label: nonaccession number
content: 1988.3106
objectType: label: Object Name
content: documentation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 11 in; 21.59 cm x 27.94 cm