Mainframe Computer Component, UNIVAC 9400 Read-Write Heads for Reading from Disk
date: label: date made
content: circa 1965
name: label: maker
content: Sperry-Univac Computer Systems
notes: label: Description
content: The object consists of a steel support, ten read-write heads and the mechanism that causes the heads to move in and out over the surface of the disks (removed as one piece from the drive). This
label: Description
content: mechanism is notable because it comes from an early form of disk drive with only ten platters. Later industry standard disk packs had fourteen or more platters.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: OPM
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0465.05
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0465.05
label: accession number
content: 1987.0465
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35.5 cm x 15.2 cm x 24.2 cm; 14 in x 6 in x 9 1/2 in