Mainframe Computer Components, Athena
notes: label: Description
content: This is a collection of parts from the Burroughs Athena computer commissioned by the U.S. Air Force and built by Remington Rand Univac. This computer was primarily for missile guidance and ran synchronized with an online guidance system.
label: Description
content: These are assorted parts. One is a small black plastic piece, that may be missing a relay (similar to 1983.3001.36). Another is a long black piece of plastic. A third seems to be a broken component which may have been similar to the Micropoise Relay (1983.3001.35). The fourth is a thin red plastic square with prongs and a long section of bundled wiring extending from the opposite end. The fifth is a plastic bag of 12 pieces which were originally found with objects 1983.3001.36-7.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Carnegie Mellon University
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.3001.47
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3001
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3001.47
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer components
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 15.5 cm x 16.2 cm x 6 cm; 6 3/32 in x 6 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in