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Schematic Diagram - CSIRAC Computer, 'Electronic Computer Power Supply No. 2', B21057, 1948-1955
Reg. No: HT 13519 73
- Summary:
- Schematic diagram in hard copy relating to the computer CSIRAC.
A schematic diagram shows the detailed connections between all the components in a circuit. Such diagrams were used to build circuits and later for testing. For CSIRAC, the most common components were vacuum tubes (valves), capacitors and resistors. Schematic diagrams are also known as circuit diagrams.
Technical details:
Schematic Diagram. Subsystem: Power Supply. Drawn/checked by P.L.
Original Ink on Tracing Paper - Acquisition Information:
- Donation from University of Melbourne (The) Computer Science & Software Engineering Department
| Discipline: | Technology |
More information
| Tagged with: | computing, csirac computer, first generation computers, mainframe computers |
| Themes this item is part of: | CSIRAC's Power Supply - A Comparison with Later Developments, CSIRAC Drawings & Diagrams - An Overview, Information & Communication Collection, CSIRAC Collection, Archival Paper Tape Reading Project for CSIRAC 12 Hole Paper Tapes |
| Primary Classification: | COMPUTING & CALCULATING |
| Secondary Classification: | Digital Computing |
| Tertiary Classification: | software |
| Commissioned By: | Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1948-1955 |
| Collector: | CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later |
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