Minicomputer Components, Box of CDC 103 Transistors received with CDC 160
date: label: date made
content: ca 1965
name: label: maker
content: Control Data
notes: label: Description
content: This divided gold box contains some forty-five CDC 103 transistors, made by General Instrument Corporation for sale with a CDC 160 minicomputer. For the minicomputer, see acquisition 1977.0173.
label: Description
content: Control Data introduced the CDC 160 in 1960, following the design of Seymour Cray. According to the accession file, the example in the Smithsonian collections was the first produced. The machine was discarded in 1974. Hence the rough date of 1965 assigned to various components.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Department of Defense
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.3004.04
label: catalog number
content: 1983.3004.04
label: nonaccession number
content: 1983.3004
objectType: label: Object Name
content: transistor
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.1 cm x 12.8 cm x 12.8 cm; 2 in x 5 1/16 in x 5 1/16 in