Burroughs Scientific Processor advertising paperweight.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1976
notes: label: Description
content: This 2 ½” plastic cube was a marketing product for the Burroughs Scientific Processor. The design explains the memory architecture of the computer. The original paper box has a sticker on the bottom that reads “B.C.H. PLASTICS INC. MADE IN CANADA.”
label: Description
content: Burroughs Scientific Processor (BSP) was a commercially available supercomputer. In the brochure accompanying the object, the computer was described as having general-purpose capabilities with an extremely powerful floating-point processor. It was capable of performing fifty million floating point operations per second. The speed was achieved by using sixteen arithmetic units that operated in parallel.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Computers & Business Machines
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content: Science & Mathematics
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of David Alan Grier
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2018.3063.01
label: nonaccession number
content: 2018.3063
label: catalog number
content: 2018.3063.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: paperweight
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall; box: 5.9 cm x 5.9 cm x 5.9 cm; 2 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall; cube: 5 cm x 5 cm x 5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 1 31/32 in x 1 31/32 in