Computers and Programming

UC Berkeley CDC 6400 Memories

"Checkmate!"
The UCB CDC 6400's last words
playing chess with Roger Johnson.

Parts removed after final shutdown in August 1982.
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UCB CDC6400 System Diagram
UCB CDC 6400
System Diagram		 CPU/PPU Core Memory Module 4k X 12 bits
CPU / PPU Core
Memory Module
4k x 12 bits
7" x 7" x 4"		 CPU/PPU Core Memory Module Reverse
CPU / PPU Core
Memory Module
4k x 12 bits
Reverse		 Card Punch Core Memory
Card Punch Core Memory
2 x 40 x 12 bits
Wikipedia on Core Memory CPU/PPU Core Memory Plane
CPU / PPU Core
Memory Plane
4k x 1 bit
4" x 4"		 CPU/PPU Memory Cores Close-up
CPU / PPU Memory Cores
1 bit each
0.2" x 0.2"		 Card Punch Memory Cores
Card Punch Memory Cores
1 bit each
0.2" x 0.2"
Pictures of a CDC 6500
From Living Computers Museum CDC 6500  **
CDC 6500 Console Display
CDC 6500 Console Display **
CDC 6500 Chassis and Card Punch
CDC 6500 Chassis and 415 Card Punch ***
CDC 604 Tape Drive
CDC 604 Tape Drive ?		 CDC 405 Card Reader
CDC 405 Card Reader **
CDC 6600 Deadstart Panel
CDC 6600 Deadstart Panel *		 CDC 6500 Chassis Panel
CDC 6500 Center Chassis		 CDC 6500 Far Right Panel
CDC 6500 Left Panel

* Courtesy of  Ed Thelen (http://ed-thelen.org/comp-hist/vs-cdc-6600.html)
** Courtesy of PA0GRI (http://pa0gri.ampr.org/lcm_reunion/index.html)
*** By MBlairMartin - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=50249589