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Schematic Diagram - CSIRAC Computer, 'Frequency Divider Chain', SK(E)3583, circa 1948
Reg. No: HT 13519 396
- 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. Sub System: Control. Drawn/checked by P. deNoskowski.
Copy.
From Trevor Pearcey collection.
Trevor Pearcey gave this item to the CSIRAC History Team in the late 1990s. - 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 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: | drawings |
| Commissioned By: | Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Division of Radiophysics, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, circa 1948 |
| Collector: | CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later Trevor Pearcey gave this item to the CSIRAC History Team in the late 1990s. |
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