Daystrom 046 Mainframe Computer, "Little Gypsy"
date: label: Date made
content: 1961
name: label: maker
content: Daystrom Incorporated
notes: label: Description
content: This section of the Daystrom 046 consists of the multiplexer, logic cabinets, and auxiliary memory. The 046 was manufactured by Daystrom's La Jolla division and was the company's first product utilizing transistors and core memory. Daystrom guaranteed a 99 percent availability, which was demonstrated at Louisiana Power & Light's Sterlington Plant. This 046 is the second purchased by Louisiana Power & Light. It was installed at the Little Gypsy Power Plant in 1961 in LaPlace, La., and was the first computer to control a power plant from startup to shutdown.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: California, San Diego, La Jolla
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content: Medicine and Science: Computers
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content: Energy & Power
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content: Computers & Business Machines
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Louisiana Power & Light
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0551.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0551
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0551.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 219 cm x 284.5 cm x 73.7 cm; 86 1/4 in x 112 in x 29 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 87 in x 117 in x 32 in; 220.98 cm x 297.18 cm x 81.28 cm