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

Function of the card:
CTDL-Two Way “And” NPN One Load
Two-Way+AND (1 load)

Listed in 1401 SMS card usage

Complemented Transistor Diode Logic (CTDL) is IBM's term for a form of diode-transistor logic.

Part number: 371265

Used in: IBM 1401, IBM 7070

Cap code: VV (details, details)

Symbol: +A

+A: Positive AND. in-phase output is positive only when all inputs are positive. Out-of-phase output is negative for the above condition.
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Image courtesy of Randall Neff
Image courtesy of Henk Stegeman

References: 1_2 SMS Cards, pp30,31,32,87
IBM Standard Modular System, Component Circuits, p43
Coslet data
SMS Cap Code Templates & Index
1401 Pocket Reference Manual

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.