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:
CSIRAC Archives No DR1090. Pencil drawing on wax paper. AO is abbreviation for Arithmetic Organ.
Physical Description
Pencil drawing on wax paper.
More Information
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Computer Science & Software Engineering Department, University of Melbourne (The), 10 Apr 2012
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Commissioned By
Division of Radiophysics, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Sydney, Greater Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 18 Oct 1949
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Date Created
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Collector
CSIRAC History Team, Melbourne, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1995 or later
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Inscriptions
Drawing - Schematic A02, B18599, 18.10.1949
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Keywords
Computers, Computing, CSIRAC (Computer), Making History - CSIRAC
