Mainframe Computer Component, UNIVAC I Arithmetic Chassis Unit
date: label: Date made
content: 1951
label: date made
content: 1951-1956
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The UNIVAC I (UNIVersal Automatic Computer) was the first computer sold commercially in United States. It was envisioned by James Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, who had developed the ENIAC computer at the University of Pennsylvania during World War II. Eckert & Mauchly went int the business of manufacturing computers after leaving the ENIAC project, and sold out the Eckert-Mauchly Corporation to Remington Rand in 1950. The first UNIVAC was delivered in 1951, and it was replaced by the UNIVAC II 1957. The arithmetic chassis is a small portion from the central computer.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Unisys Corporation
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0638.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0638
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0638.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Computer Component
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: rubber (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 216 cm x 71.3 cm x 51 cm; 85 1/16 in x 28 1/16 in x 20 1/16 in