This page describes the IBM SMS card "AXN", and is part of the SMS card database.

Function of the card:
SDTDL 3-2, -a-o 2/card w/o load
3-4 way

Saturated Drift Transistor Diode Logic (SDTDL) is a form of Diode-transistor logic using faster drift-field transistors.

Part number: 372212

Customer Eng reference number: 734318

PCB number: 493457

Used in: IBM 1443 Printer, IBM 2821 Control Unit

Cap code: None (details)

Symbol: -O, -A

-O: Negative OR. In-phase output is negative if one or more Input signals are negative. Outof-phase output is positive for the above condition.

-A: Negative AND. In-phase output is negative only when all inputs are negative. Out-of-phase output is positive for the above condition.
IBM SMS card type AXN 372212 IBM SMS card type AXN 372212 IBM SMS card type AXN 372212 IBM SMS card type AXN 372212

Image courtesy of Roberto Gonzalez Rocha

References: IBM 1443 ALD, p84
IBM 2821 CCD, p28

The information on these pages comes from a variety of sources, especially old IBM documents on bitsavers.org, as well as information from the IBM 1401 restoration team, especially Tim Coslet's SMS data and Jim Hunt's data. Much of this information was obtained through OCR, so don't expect complete accuracy. These pages are not associated with IBM in any way.