Object Details
- Description
- This is a part from the Burroughs Athena computer commissioned by the U.S. Air Force and built by Remington Rand Univac. This computer was primarily for missile guidance and ran synchronized with an online guidance system. It includes resistors, diodes, ant two silicon controlled heat rectifiers.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Remington Rand Univac
- date made
- ca 1957
- Credit Line
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Physical Description
- plastic (overall material)
- metal (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.2 cm x 6 cm x 6.7 cm; 2 1/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 5/8 in
- Object Name
- mainframe computer components
- mainframe computer component
