Daystrom 046 Mainframe Computer, "Little Gypsy"
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- Created Date
- 1961
- Description
This section of the Daystrom 046 consists of the multiplexer, logic cabinets, and auxiliary memory. The 046 was manufactured by Daystrom's La Jolla division and was the company's first product utilizing transistors and core memory. Daystrom guaranteed a 99 percent availability, which was demonstrated at Louisiana Power & Light's Sterlington Plant. This 046 is the second purchased by Louisiana Power & Light. It was installed at the Little Gypsy Power Plant in 1961 in LaPlace, La., and was the first computer to control a power plant from startup to shutdown.
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- Creator
Daystrom Incorporated
- Partner
- Smithsonian Institution
- Contributing Institution
- National Museum of American History
- Format
- Metal (overall material)Plastic (overall material)
- Rights
- Louisiana Power & Light
- Chicago citation style
- Daystrom Incorporated. Daystrom 046 Mainframe Computer, "Little Gypsy". 1961. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1274370&repo=DPLA. (Accessed January 21, 2025.)
- APA citation style
- Daystrom Incorporated, (1961) Daystrom 046 Mainframe Computer, "Little Gypsy". Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1274370&repo=DPLA
- MLA citation style
- Daystrom Incorporated. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.si.edu/search/results.htm?q=record_ID=nmah_1274370&repo=DPLA>.