Burroughs 6700 beam switching tube
Date1957
Inventory NumberVT1644
ClassificationVacuum Tube
Maker
Burroughs Corporation, Electronic Tube Division
founded 1957
Maker
Burroughs Corporation
1886 - 1986
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensions7.9 × 4.4 × 4.4 cm (3 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
DescriptionSURROUNDED BY CYL MAGNET/RUBBER CAP
FunctionMagnetic beam switching tubes were hard vacuum decimal counting devices used in high speed applications through the 1950s and 1960s.
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