Mainframe Computer Component, Wire Drive for the SEAC
date: label: date made
content: ca 1954
name: label: maker
content: National Bureau of Standards
notes: label: Description
content: This metal component held wire cartridges used to enter programs and data into the SEAC computer. The aluminum frame has a gray rack panel and light brown tape head unit. On the rack panel are a toggle switch and a red indicator lamp, both unmarked. There are two toggle switches on the tape unit. One is unmarked, the other marked: COMP (/) OFF (/) MAN. There also are four clear indicator lamps, two on each side of the space for the cartridge. The lower lamp on the right is marked: COMP REV. The lower lamp on the left is marked: COMP FWD.
label: Description
content: The drive also is marked in bright yellow: WD-8.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0305.08
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0305.08
label: accession number
content: 1980.0305
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mainframe Component
label: Object Name
content: mainframe computer component
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 17.3 cm x 48.5 cm x 25 cm; 6 13/16 in x 19 3/32 in x 9 27/32 in