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CDC Little Character

Manufacturer Control Data Corporation
Identification,ID CDC Little Character
Date of first manufacture-
Number produced 1
Estimated price or cost-
location in museum -
donor Control Data Corporation

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CDC Little Character

Placard
"LITTLE CHARACTER"

The laboratory prototype of Control Data's earliest computer series. This experimental network proved that large-scale computer design could employ the building-block principle, using transistorized printed-circuit cards. each card contained relatively few basic circuits, but this concept suggested a vast new world of computer technology.

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Updated May 17, 2001