【Electrotechnical Laboratory】 ETL Mark IV B Transistor-Based Computer for Input/Output

The ETL Mark IV B was developed by Nishino Hiroji, Fuchi Kazuhiro and others as a computer specifically for input/output. It was completed in February 1961. This was a transistor-based computer specially for input/output, which employed the technique of automatically interrupting programs, and it controlled 4 magnetic tape units. At the end of 1961, it was connected with the ETL Mark IV A (as shown in the photo). Today, some logic circuit plug-in cards from this machine are preserved at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology.


ETL-MarkIVA & MarkIVBETL Mark IV B Plug-In Card (a) Pulse AmplifierETL Mark IV B Plug-In Card (b) Gate Circuit

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