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

Function of the card:
CTDL Emitter Follower - NPN
CTDL-Emitter Follower – NPN
Ctdl emitter follower-npm

Listed in 1401 SMS card usage

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

Part number: 371370

Used in: IBM 1414 I/O Synchronizer, IBM 1401

Cap code: None (details)

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Image courtesy of Randall Neff
Image courtesy of Henk Stegeman

References: 2_2 SMS Cards, p53
National Museum of Computing.
Coslet data

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.