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

Function of the card:
Alloy-Thermoswitch N/C 122F
Alloy-thermoswitch n/c 122 deg f
Alloy-thermoswitch n/c 122*f

Overtemperature Switch

Germanium alloy transistors were an early type of transistor, faster than the earlier grown-junction transistors.

Part number:371699

PCB number:492955

Used in:IBM 1620,IBM 1414 I/O Synchronizer,IBM 1311 Disk

Symbol:THER

References:
1414 SMS Cards, p83.
IBM 1311 ILD, p134.
IBM 1620 Instructional System Diagrams, p490.

Pinout:

A VO1
B VI1
C J1
D J1
E spare
F I1
G
H O1
J spare
K
L
M
N
P spare
Q spare
R spare

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.