Mainframe Computer Component, SEAC Wire Cartridge
date: label: date made
content: 1954-1964
label: date made
content: 1963
name: label: maker
content: National Bureau of Standards
notes: label: Description
content: This small brown metal cartridge contains magnetic wire used to enter programs on the SEAC computer. A paper ring atop the cartridge lists programs on it. The dial above the ring indicates the point to which the wire should be advanced to reach the program of interest. Wire cartridges were used to enter data onto the SEAC from at least 1954 - they could be created either from punched paper tape or from punch card.. The machine went out of service in 1964, A tag on the cartridge reads: NEWIRE READY FOR (?) PRINT CHECK (/) 1-22-63 NO-10. This suggests that the cartridge dates from about 1963.
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: 1980.0305.09
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0305.09
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: 4 cm x 21.3 cm x 9.1 cm; 1 9/16 in x 8 3/8 in x 3 19/32 in