General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

10

Total Parts

11

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC BOARD & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ CERAMIC RESISTORS/ GLASS DIODES/ COPPER, TIN SOLDER, GOLD CONTACTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

14.0 cm

Width

6.4 cm

Height

1.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Maynard

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

CIRCA 1968+

Canada

LOGIC BOARDS FOR AMERICAN-MADE PDP-8 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS PART OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY NFB IN 1968 TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL XYZ POSITIONING MECHANISMS ON 4 ANIMATION STANDS. LATTER WERE USED TO POSITION ARTWORK FOR FILMING PROCESS, MOVING IT SLIGHTLY FOR EACH FRAME. SYSTEM WON CANADIAN FILM AWARD FOR TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION.

Function

AN INSULATING BOARD ON WHICH ARE MOUNTED THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS TRANSISTORS WHICH ENABLE THE COMPUTING PROCESS TO OCCUR. THIS MODEL OF LOGIC BOARD WAS VIRTUALLY NOISE IMMUNE & WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR INDUSTRIAL CONTROL APPLICATIONS.

Technical

THESE BOARDS REFLECT STATE OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FABRICATION TECHNIQUES IN MID-LATE 1960'S. PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES WERE USED TO TRANSFER CIRCUIT DIAGRAM TO BOARD, & ACID ETCHING TO IMPRINT THEM. LARGE NUMBER OF K SERIES BOARDS WERE USED IN NFB SYSTEM BECAUSE ALTHOUGH SLOWER, THEY WERE MORE NOISE IMMUNE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON HANDLE MOUNT READS 'DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION/ MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS'/ ETCHED LETTERING ON BOARD READS 'THREE TIMERS K303B'/ LETTERING READS 'FLIP CHIP'

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREEN BOARD WITH BLACK HANDLE/ MULTICOLOURED & METALLIC TRANSISTORS & CIRCUITRY

Decoration

N/A