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Burroughs computer
Burroughs Computer Memorabilia
Company:  Burroughs Corporation
Based: Detroit, MI.
Founded: 1886 as the Burroughs Adding Machine Corporation (merged with Sperry to form Unisys in 1986)
Founder: William Seward Burroughs
Specialty: Was the leading manufacturer of Mainframe business computers in the 1960's, competing with IBM.

Burroughs b220 computer
An operator on an early Burroughs B220 Computer

 

Burroughs B5500 Computer Transistor Module (1963)

Burroughs B5500 Computer Module
Item #456
This is a Burroughs B5500 Computer Transistor Module. This 2nd Generation Transistor technology would soon be replaced by the 3rd Generation technology of Integrated Circuits.

This module is made up of four canned Transistors, Resistors, and other electronic components mounted to a PCB base with pins and encased in plastic.

The transistorized module is mounted on a walnut base with chrome trim that reads "Computer Module - Burroughs Corporation".

image of a Burroughs B5500 Computer Module
image of a Burroughs transistor module
image of a Burroughs transistor module
image of a Burroughs transistor module

image of a Burroughs B200 Computer Ad from 1964
Burroughs B200 Computer Ad (1964)
iamge of a Burroughs B2500 B3000 Computer Ad from 1967
Burroughs B2500 B3000 Computer Ad (1967)
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