Mainframe Computer Component, IBM 7070 Core Memory
date: label: date made
content: 1963
name: label: maker
content: IBM
notes: label: Description
content: When the IBM 7070 computer was dissassembled in 1974, these two portions of the magnetic core memory were removed. One piece has eight levels, another sixteen. Each layer has a grid of red intersecting wires, divided into fourths. There are tiny toruses at the intersections of wires, and gold wires on the outside linking the levels.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: ACACIA MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (THROUGH MARTIN M WEAVER AND GEORGE R WALTER)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1977.0456.46
label: accession number
content: 1977.0456
label: catalog number
content: 336071
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Mainframe Component
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 260 mm x 396 mm x 285 mm; 10 1/4 in x 15 9/16 in x 11 1/4 in