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Title
DEC Building Blocks mounting backplane and enclosure
Description
large aluminum (painted) rectangular mounting box for System Building Blocks. Painted speckled tan/brown. 'DEC Building Blocks' marked on back along with 'Digital Equipment Corporation' and 'Maynard Massachusetts' (no other nomenclature).
From the handbook:
DEC Building Blocks are a coordinated set of digital circuits used for building and testing computer systems. For use as test equipment, they are packaged for convenient patch cord interconnections. For use in systems, they are packaged in a unique plug-in unit construction.
DEC Building Blocks are designed to be easy to under- stand and easy to use. People with no knowledge of Boolean algebra can perform logical design with DEC Building Blocks, and those who like to use Boolean mathematics can very quickly and easily implement their equations. Straightforward static logic is employed, and only a small number of modules is needed for most systems because of the high driving capability of each unit.
From the handbook:
DEC Building Blocks are a coordinated set of digital circuits used for building and testing computer systems. For use as test equipment, they are packaged for convenient patch cord interconnections. For use in systems, they are packaged in a unique plug-in unit construction.
DEC Building Blocks are designed to be easy to under- stand and easy to use. People with no knowledge of Boolean algebra can perform logical design with DEC Building Blocks, and those who like to use Boolean mathematics can very quickly and easily implement their equations. Straightforward static logic is employed, and only a small number of modules is needed for most systems because of the high driving capability of each unit.
Creator
Digital Equipment Corporation
Date
1961 (approx)
Identifier
2019.370
Format
overall: 19.5 x 10 in.
Subject
Digital Equipment Corporation early computer hardware
Relation
Artifact Item Type Metadata
Materials
component/module
Condition
good
Storage
SU13