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

Function of the card:
Alloy-Sense Amplifiers, Single Shot

Dual Open Collector Sense Amplifier

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

Part number:371882

PCB number:493183

Used in:IBM 1620

Symbol:AMP

Transistor type:033 083

References:
IBM 1620 Instructional System Diagrams, p496.

Pinout:

A O1
B
C O2
D
E
F I1
G
H I2
J GND
K
L
M -12V
N
P
Q +12V
R

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.