Two men working in a Burroughs research laboratory in Paoli, Pennsylvania. The machine in the middle ground, to which the overhead white wires connect, is a pulse generator and pulse converter. The man on the right is working with a component with a vacuum tube. On his left is a camera with a special attachment onto the display screen of an osci...
Created:
1951
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Vacuum tubes, point to point transistors, diodes, and magnetic coils laid out in a line on a sheet of paper. A man stands just behind the display and holds the edge of the paper.
Created:
1954
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
Large exhibit space over which the banner reads: "Burroughs Corporation : The Foremost Name in Computation : Geared to Perform the Complete Cycle of Defense Work." A smaller sign in the background reads: "Burroughs occupies a strategic position in the advanced field of Electronic Computers : Digital and Analog : Instrumentation, Aircraft and Nav...
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.
This portion of a larger exhibition features "Nixie Type 6844" vacuum tubes. A sign at top of the machine shows a vacuum tube and an arrow which reads: "Beam Switching Tube." A sign on the wall behind the display reads: "[fore]most Name . . " and "[el]ectronic co[mpo]nent[s] . . ."
Created:
1957
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Charles Babbage Institute.