General Information

Serial #

5598

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC BOARDS, INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CASINGS, PARTS/ COPPER BASE BOARD/ METAL PARTS/ PLASTIC COVERED CARDBOARD STORAGE BOXES WITH FOAM PADDING

Dimensions

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

Length

23.6 cm

Width

17.7 cm

Height

N/A

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

Cray

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Chippewa Falls

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1980S?

Canada

Unknown

Function

ELEMENT OF A COMPUTER, CONSISTING OF INSULATING BOARD UPON WHICH ARE MOUNTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WHICH ENABLE COMPUTING PROCESS TO OCCUR.

Technical

CIRCUITRY FOR CRAY 1S SUPERCOMPUTER, WHICH APPEARED IN 1976 & WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL VECTOR PROCESSOR, DOMINATING SUPERCOMPUTER MARKET FROM 1976 TO 1982. CONNECTORS ON THESE MODULES ARE OF ORIGINAL TYPE USED WITH FIRST CRAY 1S MACHINES. CRAY IS WAS SUPERCEDED BY CRAY RESEARCH'S X-MP SUPER COMPUTER IN 1982.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 INCISED "ZZ" & "5598"; BLACK LETTERING READING "ITT 7710 ME97193-8" & "ITT 7711 ME97192-2"/..1 WHITE OR BLACK LETTERING ON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Missing

N/A

Finish

COPPER COLOURED BASE/ BROWN OR YELLOW-BROWN BOARD/ BLACK, WHITE, & RED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK PLASTIC BOX COVERING & PINK PADDING

Decoration

N/A