General Electric 115 Magnetic Core Memory
date: label: Date made
content: 1965
name: label: maker
content: General Electric Company
notes: label: Description
content: This is one of a group of computer memory devices donated by Michael R. Williams. It consists of a square board or frame with the memory in the center. The memory is made of copper wires with black donut-shaped cores arranged in a grid. This sample is relatively large. Succeeding models were much smaller. The board is sandwiched between two pieces of plexiglass for protection.
label: Description
content: The GE-115 was a relatively small mainframe computer, introduced in the mid-1960s by General Electric Company. GE would mele its computer efforts with Honeywell in 1970.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Michael R. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0466.04
label: accession number
content: 1987.0466
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0466.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mainframe Component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (circuitry material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (frame material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.5 cm x 15.2 cm x .19 cm; 6 1/2 in x 5 31/32 in x 1/16 in