Gating bay, JOHNNIAC

Description:

This JOHNNIAC component has a fiberboard frame, seventy-two vacuum tubes, and diverse other components. It read one register of the computer and transferred it to another.

Date Made: ca1953Date Made: ca 1953

Maker: Rand Corporation

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: California, Santa Monica

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Computers

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Credit Line: The RAND Corporation

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: CI.327692Catalog Number: 327692Accession Number: 1986.0768

Object Name: Mainframe Component

Measurements: overall: 9 1/4 in x 20 1/4 in x 12 5/8 in; 23.495 cm x 51.435 cm x 32.0675 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7645-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1270750

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