Creator: Burroughs Corporation

Prepared By: Susan A. Stepka and Kevin D. Corbitt, June 1996

Acquisition: The records were given to the Charles Babbage Institute by Unisys Corporation in 1991, accession 991-35.

Access: Access to the collection is unrestricted.

Copyright: The Charles Babbage Institute holds the copyright to all materials in the collection, except for items covered by a prior copyright (such as published materials). Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provisions of the copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Preferred Citation: Burroughs Corporation Collection, Glass Lantern Slide Collection (CBI 90), Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

Scope and Content Note

Box and Folder List

Glass Lantern Slides

• Pulse Control Equipment: coincidence detector. [Color] (Slide 1)
• Pulse Control Equipment: pulse delay. [Color] (Slide 2)
• Pulse Control Equipment: typical unit with cover removed. [Color] (Slide 3)
• Pulse Control Equipment: front view of two racks of units. [Color] (Slide 4)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: technician demonstrating. [Color] (Slide 5)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: front left view. [Color] (Slide 6)
• Two-bay manipulator-type cabinet. [Black and white] (Slide 7)
• Representative BEAM I manipulator. [Black and white] (Slide 8)
• Representative BEAM I plug-in units. [Black and white] (Slide 9)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: ERA Magnetic Drum. [Color] (Slide 10)
• ERA Magnetic Drum (34-inch diameter). [Black and white] (Slide 11)
• Gas driven magnetic drum. [Black and white] (Slide 12)
• Magnetic drum (6-inch diameter). [Black and white] (Slide 13)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: Photoelectric Reading Device and High-Speed tape handling. [Black and white] (Slide 14)
• Sensimatic Transmission system as used in Bankproof Machine. [Black and white] (Slide 15)
• Series F Machine: multiplying unit added. [Black and white] (Slide 16)
• Series F Machine: multiplying unit added (back view). [Black and white] (Slide 17)
• Series F Machine: read-out mechanism. [Black and white] (Slide 18)
• Model II Payroll System: plugboard for stepping-switch control system. [Black and white] (Slide 19)
• Model II Payroll System: cabinet to house control relays. [Black and white] (Slide 20)
• Test console, pre-burning, and quality control equipment. [Black and white] (Slide 21)
• Electron Optical Bench. [Black and white] (Slide 22)
• Laboratory Model of Heap Printer. [Black and white] (Slide 23)
• Magnetostrictive Delay Line. [Black and white] (Slide 24)
• Computer Components: operation times. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 27)
• External Storage Media. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 28)
• Internal Memory Devices. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 29)
• Register Components. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 30)
• Register Components. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 31)
• Flip Flop and Binary Counter. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 36)
• Pulse Control Units: front view. [Black and white] (Slide 37)
• Pulse Control Units: rear view. [Black and white] (Slide 38)
• Pulse Control Units: rear view. [Black and white] (Slide 39)
• Pulse Control Units: flip-flop and coincidence detector. [Black and white] (Slide 40)
• Abacus. [Black and white] (Slide 41)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: E.W. Veitch & H. Livingston. [Color] (Slide 42)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: section view. [Black and white] (Slide 43)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: magnetic drum rear view. [Black and white] (Slide 44)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: pulse control units. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 48)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: word structure. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 48)
• Electrostatic Memory Tube ("Williams Type"). [Black and white drawing] (Slide 51)
• Typical Program. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 58)
• Typical Set of Basic Operations. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 59)
• Automatic Digital Computers in Operation. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 63)
• Magnetic Matrix. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 71)
• ENIAC: static magentic memory system (block diagram). [Black and white drawing] (Slide 75)
• BEAM I: tube packages. [Color] (Slide 76)
• BEAM I: crystal magnetic memory (for ENIAC). [Color] (Slide 77)
• BEAM I: chassis baffle (used on ENIAC). [Color] (Slide 78)
• BEAM I: wiring units plugged into chassis baffle (ENIAC). [Color] (Slide 79)
• Examples in variable. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 88)
• BEAM I: engineers standing beside. [Color] (Slide 89)
• 1 millisecond magnetostrictive delay line. [Black and white] (Slide 90)
• Burroughs Laboratory Computer: performance record. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 92)
• Magnetic transfer register. [Color] (Slide 93)
• Tube type SEL-10 (selector tube); cut away view. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 95)
• U.S. and equivalent foreign tubes. [Black and white] (Slide 99)
• Foreign and U.S. tube mounts. [Black and white] (Slide 100)
• Foreign and U.S. tubes -- x-ray views. [Black and white] (Slide 101)
• "Floating" mount stucture -- general construction. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 102)
• Ceramic spacer tube design mount (foreign AL4). [Black and white] (Slide 103)
• Ceramic spacers. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 104)
• Foreign aluminized iron anode and U.S. carbonized nickel. [Black and white] (Slide 105)
• New plate design--lug plate design. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 106)
• Grid structures. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 107)
• Foreign and U.S.A. mica coating. [Black and white] (Slide 108)
• Foreign and U.S.A. plastic tube--cross section. [Black and white] (Slide 109)
• Foreign and U.S.A. K-G #1 spacing for several tube types. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 111)
• Improved foreign power output tube; photograph, plastic section and x-ray of LS50. [Black and white] (Slide 112)
• Power output pentode electrical characteristics; 6L6, 5881, 807, improved LS50. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 113)
• Thick and thin tube corss sections, cut perpendicular to the awis of the tube. [Black and white] (Slide 114)
• Tube cross section; wedge shaped. [Black and white] (Slide 115)
• Determining the wedge angles in cutting electron tube cross sections. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 116)
• Layout for photographing cross section wedge of tube. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 117)
• Obtuse wedge of an encapsulated electron tube. [Black and white] (Slide 118)
• GAN5 tube wedge from which grid design ratios can be taken. [Black and white] (Slide 119)
• 7AK7 wedge with two control grids and fine grid structure. [Black and white] (Slide 120)
• Encapsulated electron tube wedge for illustrative purposes. [Black and white] (Slide 121)
• Comparison of dynamic and static magnetic core devices. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 122)
• Hand displaying parts of a magnetic core package. [Color] (Slide 123)
• ENIAC: exploded magnetic core package (memory). [Color] (Slide 124)
• Access time for static magnetic memory. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 125)
• Schematic of 4x4 core diode array with magnetic core switch drivers. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 126)
• Magnetic shift register (single loop). [Black and white drawing] (Slide 127)
• Logical schematic of magnetic shift register (split winding loop). [Black and white drawing] (Slide 128)
• Schematic of magnetic shift register. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 129)
• ENIAC: static magnetic memory. [Color] (Slide 134)
• ENIAC: core diode matrix of static magnetic meory system. [Color] (Slide 135)
• ENIAC: cabinet for static magnetic memory system. [Color] (Slide 136)
• ENIAC: cabinet for static magnetic memory system. [Color] (Slide 137)
• ENIAC: typical power supply chassis for static magnetic memory. [Color] (Slide 138)
• ENIAC: power suppy bay 3 for static magnetic memory. [Color] (Slide 139)
• ENIAC: tube side of digit converters (Bay 2) static magnetic memory for the ENIAC. [Color] (Slide 140)
• ENIAC: wiring side of digit converters (Bay 2) static magnetic memory for the ENIAC. [Color] (Slide 141)
• ENIAC: tube side of digit converts for static* [Color] (Slide 140)
• ENIAC: wiring side of digit converters for static* [Color] (Slide 141)
• BEAM I: tube and diode package. [Color] (Slide 142)
• Laboratory set-up for torroidal core testing, including pulse control equipment. [Black and white] (Slide 146)
• 2A plug-in unit of a 10-bit, 200K magnetic shift register. [Color] (Slide 166)
• Magnetic memory matrix (write operation) [Black and white] (Slide 176)
• Magnetic memory matrix (read operation) [Black and white] (Slide 177)
• Magnetostrictive memory unit. [Black and white] (Slide 178)
• ENIAC: core diode matrix of static magnetic memory. [Black and white] (Slide 179)
• Multi-output tube (cross section) type TR-SR-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 180)
• Completed tube SEL-10. [Black and white] (Slide 185)
• Selector tube deflection characteristics. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 186)
• Selector tube (cross section) SEL-10. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 190)
• Multi-output tube (exploded view) type TR-BC-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 191)
• Decade counter tube (cross section) type TR-DC-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 192)
• Multi-output tube (exploded view) type TR-SR-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 193)
• Coding tube (cross section) type TR-BC-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 194)
• Decade counter tube (exploded view) type TR-DC-11. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 195)
• Selector tube (cut-away view) SEL-10. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 199)
• Ericsson decmal decade counter type AD3 (experimental). [Black and white drawing] (Slide 200)
• Burroughs pulse counter unit. [Black and white] (Slide 205)
• Burroughs selector tube. [Black and white] (Slide 206)
• Burroughs Duplex. [Black and white] (Slide 216)
• Friden Calculator. [Black and white] (Slide 217)
• Reeves Cyclone. [Black and white] (Slide 218)
• MADDIDA. [Black and white] (Slide 219)
• ENIAC: Burroughs Magnetic Core Memory. [Black and white] (Slide 220)
• UNIVAC. [Black and white] (Slide 221)
• IBM 701. [Black and white] (Slide 222)
• 10-bit MSR, panel design. [Color] (Slide 229)
• Interlock Model II; plug-in package unit. [Color] (Slide 230)
• Magnetron beam switching tube (cross section) type MO-10. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 249)
• Magnetron beam switching tube (cross section) type MO-10 and shape. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 255)
• Electron beam in switching operation. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 260)
• Tube circuit with odd and even grads tied together for push-pull input operation, type MO-10. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 261)
• Tube MO-10 with magnet. [Black and white] (Slide 273)
• Tube MO-10R with magnet (showing spade resistors). [Black and white] (Slide 274)
• Burroughs Research Center at Paoli, PA. Preconstruction model.. [Black and white] (Slide 277)
• Burroughs Research Center at Paoli, PA. Library layout structures.. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 278)
• Burroughs Research Center at Paoli, PA. Library furniture layout. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 279)
• Burroughs Research Center at Paoli, PA. Library layout 3-D model. [Black and white] (Slide 282)
• Burroughs Research Center at Paoli, PA. Library layout 3-D model. [Black and white] (Slide 283)
• E101 computer without pinboards. [Color] (Slide 284)
• E101 computer pinboard. [Color] (Slide 286)
• E101 data input and output unit. [Color] (Slide 287)
• E101 control console. [Color] (Slide 288)
• ENIAC memory. [Black and white] (Slide 292)
• Magnetic shift register board. [Black and white] (Slide 293)
• Magnetron beam switching tube (mounted type TR-BC-11) & magnet. [Black and white] (Slide 294)
• Magnetic drum; 12-inch diameter, 450,000 bit capacity (the type drum used in UDEC and APOLLO). [Black and white] (Slide 295)
• Packaged and mounted transistors. [Black and white] (Slide 296)
• Tube assemblies: vacuum, subminiature, miniature, and transistor. [Black and white] (Slide 297)
• Printing samples from laboratory model of thermal printer. [Black and white] (Slide 298)
• Magnetic read-record heads. [Black and white] (Slide 299)
• Magnetic drums. [Black and white] (Slide 300)
• Early magentic cores. [Black and white] (Slide 301)
• Burroughs Research Center organizational chart. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 302)
• Burroughs Research Center - aerial photograph of laboratory. [Black and white] (Slide 303)
• Sensimatic decimal read-out switches and timing switches. [Black and white] (Slide 309)
• E101 etched circuit diode card. [Black and white] (Slide 310)
• E101 magnetic drum (vertical). [Black and white] (Slide 311)
• Burroughs Corporation organizational chart. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 317)
• Classes of digital computers. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 328)
• Components of digital computer classes. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 329)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slides 331-336)
• UDEC console. [Color] (Slide 364)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slides 365-367)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slide 368)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slides 369-384)
• E101 pinboard. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 385)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slide 388)
• Thermal printer. [Black and white] (Slide 391)
• Tape magazine unit. [Black and white] (Slide 392)
• Sub-assemblies of printer unit (Slide b/w (Slide 393)
• Checking chassis unit. [Black and white] (Slide 394)
• Printer unit. [Black and white] (Slide 395)
• Encoding matrix. [Black and white] (Slide 396)
• Decoding matrix. [Black and white] (Slide 397)
• Rudiments of thermal printing technique. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 398)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 399)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slide 417)
• Burroughs Research Center - library. [Black and white] (Slide 440)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 442-445)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slides 464-472)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 475-478)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 493)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 494, 498, 595, 596)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 604)
• Research Division. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 605)
• Development Division. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 606)
• Special Products Division. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 607)
• ATLAS Division. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 608)
• Engineering Services Division. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 609)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slide 616)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 617, 662, 675)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 681)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slide 716)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slides 717, 718, 720, 722)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 724, 727, 733, 752-768)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slide 769)
• Principal characteristics of the MATABE. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 770)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 791, 793)
• Burroughs electronic accounting machine. [Color] (Slide 821)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slides 822-826)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slide 828)
• Folded plane memory with nested ferrite cores. [Black and white] (Slide 841)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 842)
• Mechanized assembly of thin wrap matrix memory. [Black and white] (Slide 843)
• Thin wrap magnetic logic and memory element. [Black and white] (Slide 844)
• Three stage parallel asynchronous adder. [Black and white] (Slide 845)
• Sensitive magnetic amplifiers. [Black and white] (Slide 846)
• Assembling experimental film deposition tubes. [Black and white] (Slide 847)
• Multi-experiment film deposition run. [Black and white] (Slide 848)
• Thin film ferrite plates and preformed ferrite matrix elements. [Black and white] (Slide 849)
• Ferroelectric crystal growth and evaluation. [Black and white] (Slide 850)
• Photochemical switching. [Black and white] (Slide 851)
• Test jig for advanced techniques with dynamic memories. [Black and white] (Slide 852)
• Decimal counter package (100 KC). [Black and white] (Slide 853)
• Simplified high speed serial printer assembly. [Black and white] (Slide 855)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slides 857-859)
• Unidentified. [Black and white drawing] (Slide 860)
• Whippet service test model. [Black and white] (Slide 861)
• Unidentified. [Black and white] (Slide 862)
• Unidentified. [Color] (Slide 863)