Mainframe Computer Components, Athena Module Relays
date: label: date made
content: ca 1957
name: label: maker
content: Remington Rand Univac
notes: label: Description
content: This is a collection of relays 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 cream-colored part is the relay coil. When an electric current is passes through it, it generates a magnetic field. Marks on the relays include:
label: Description
content: R 344502 L – on twenty-two relays
label: Description
content: R344540 M – on two relays
label: Description
content: U344549J – on one relay
label: Description
content: 334540 (/) G-L – on one relay
label: Description
content: L 344547 L – on four relays
label: Description
content: G-344543-N – on two relays
label: Description
content: AXK (/) 344502 – on one relay
label: Description
content: U344502 L – on one relay
label: Description
content: U2288851 H – on one relay
label: Description
content: U334532M - on one relay.
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: 1983.3001.36
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3001
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3001.36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer components
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: part: individual: 7 cm x 4.2 cm x 1.6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 21/32 in x 5/8 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 151.2 cm x 1.6 cm; 2 3/4 in x 59 17/32 in x 5/8 in