Mainframe Computer Component, Athena Module #78974
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Univac
notes: label: Description
content: This is a part 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. The component is made up of six transistors, resistors, diodes, and possibly capacitors. It may be part of a switch or the memory.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Minnesota, St. Paul
setName: label: See more items in
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: 1983.3001.16
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3001
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3001.16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer components
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.2 cm x 2.9 cm x 6.7 cm; 2 1/16 in x 1 5/32 in x 2 5/8 in