Core Memory Stack and Diode Matrix for Address Selection, Used on the UNIVAC 490 System, 1963
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Artifact Overview
These core memory samples were used in UNIVAC 490 computers. NASA's Mission Control in Houston used six 490s to monitor spacecraft, control data screens, and for real-time communications during the Apollo missions. Other large companies that owned these expensive machines included US and Bethlehem Steel, GM, and Westinghouse. Notably, the UNIVAC 490 was designed by supercomputer architect, Seymour Cray.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Magnetic memory (Computers)
Date Made
1963
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
2017.94.17
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Burroughs, Inc.
Material
Metal
Plastic
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 20 in
Width: 31.5 in
Length: 5 in
Inscriptions
label above left object:
CORE MEMORY STACK / 16K/10BIT / USED ON THE 490 SYSTEM / 1960
label above right object:
DIODE MATRIX FOR ADDRESS SELECTION WHICH MOUNTS TO THE TOP OF THE CORE STACK AT LEFT
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