IBM System/360 computer module

Made:
1965-1971 in United States
maker:
IBM
IBM System 360 Circuit Board

IBM System 360 Circuit Board
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Musuem

Module from IBM System/360 computer, made by IBM, United States, 1965-1971. Numbered K277.

In 1971, NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Centre in Houston, USA was the home of mission control and astronaut training for the Apollo Program. It had four System/360 Model 75 computers. Each of these computers was made of hundreds of modules like this one, which performed vital logic functions for the computer.

Details

Category:
Space Technology
Object Number:
Y1991.50.31
Materials:
metal (unknown) and plastic (unidentified)
Measurements:
overall: 39 mm x 45 mm x 9 mm, 15 g
type:
circuit board
credit:
Gift of Dr. K. Gilroy.