Front of the write amplifier
Ferranti-Packard Write Amplifier
physical object
2010.1.39
Description
This is write amplifier module manufactured by Ferranti-Packard company. This type of module was commonly used by Ferranti engineers in the mid 1950s (and after it merged to become Ferranti-Packard in 1958) for various electronic computing projects.- Stachniak, Zbigniew, and Scott Campbell. Computing in Canada: Building a Digital Future. Transformations 17. Ottawa: Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2009, p. 24,27.
- Ball, Norman R., and John N. Vardalas. Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing. McGill-Queen’s Press - MQUP, 1994.
Related Donors
Systems Design Undergraduate LabKina Kim
Evan Wolfe
Scott Campbell