Control Data Memorabilia

Company: Control Data Corporation (CDC)
Based: Minneapolis, MN.
Founded: 1957, spit into Ceridian Corp. & Control Data Systems, Inc. in 1992
Founders: Fremont Fletcher, Abbot L. Fletcher, & D.P. Wassenberg.
Specialty: Major U.S. computer company during the 1960's competing with IBM & Sperry for high performance / scientific mainframe computer & peripheral storage market. Made up of former Sperry Rand Univac engineers: Robert Perkins, William R. Keye, Howard Shekels, Robert Kisch and Seymour Cray. Control Data Institute.

Control Data CDC-168 Computers at NASA (1964)

 

​Control Data Computer Circuit Board Paperweight (Late 1960's)

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​This electronic circuit board is a peripheral controller module from a Control Data computer system. It is encased in Lucite.

It contains discrete components including transistors, resistors & capacitors.









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Control Data's 6600 Computer System designed by Seymour Cray (1963)

​Control Data "Intebrid" Hybrid Integrated Circuit Package

Control Data "Intebrid" Hybrid Integrated Circuit (1965)

1960's Integrated Circuit Technology used in Control Data 3300 / 3500 Time Sharing Computers:



1. Ceramic Blank Package
2. Sputtered Nickel over Nichrome Resistive film
3. Photo Exposure & Etched Gold Connectors to +/- 10% Nichrome Resistors
4. Hybrid Circuits: Single & Multiple Diodes, Transistors, & Resistors (Nichrome)
5. Frame (temporary)
6. Integrated Circuit Mounted on Control Data Connector
7. Epoxy Encapsulation

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VIDEO: Control Data Computers at Westinghouse (1984)

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