Function of the card:
Alloy-Difference Amplifier
Germanium alloy transistors were an early type of transistor, faster than the earlier grown-junction transistors.
Part number:371671
Field replacement part number:371671
Customer Eng reference number:729868
Used in:IBM 1401,IBM 1414 I/O Synchronizer,IBM 1410
References:
2_2 SMS Cards, p49.
1410_SMS_VOL_1.pdf/1410_SMS_VOL_2.pdf, p2106.
1414 SMS Cards, p77.
This page created by Ken Shirriff, 2015.
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. Images courtesy of Randall Neff. Much of this information was obtained through OCR, so don't expect complete accuracy. These pages are not associated with IBM in any way.
Creation time: Tue Mar 03 23:40:34 2015.