Mainframe Computer Components, Athena Modules #72477N
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Univac
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. Each of these slim plastic squares has room for eight resistors or diodes. These are discussed in Box E (AKA Box 333) of the Athena Manuals (Burroughs) documentation in the chapter titled "Section Two Sticks // (Diodes, Resistors, and Components)."
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: 1983.3001.32
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3001
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3001.32
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer components
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: 5.3 cm x 5.1 cm x 6.6 cm; 2 3/32 in x 2 in x 2 19/32 in
label: Measurements
content: part: individual: 5.3 cm x 5.1 cm x .3 cm; 2 3/32 in x 2 in x 1/8 in