Mainframe Computer Component, Magnetic Wire Cartridge for the SEAC Computer
date: label: date made
content: ca 1960
name: label: maker
content: National Bureau of Standards
notes: label: Description
content: This metal cartridge contains wire used to enter programs on the SEAC computer. A paper ring atop the cartridge lists programs on it. The object is mounted on a wooden backing with a metal plaque that describes the contents of the cartridge.
label: Description
content: A wire cartridge was used to enter data onto the SEAC from at least 1954. The machine went out of service in 1964. This is not the first version of the demonstration cartridge. Hence the date assigned.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Vicki Stauffacher
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0084.02
label: accession number
content: 2013.0084
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0084.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: tape (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 25.4 cm x 30.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 10 in x 12 in