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| Developer | Claude Shannon |
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| Manufacturer | Scientific Development Corporation (Cambridge, Massachusetts, later in Watertown, Massachusetts) |
| Type | Electromechanical |
| Release date | c.1961 |
| Introductory price | US$85 (equivalent to $866.66 in 2023) |
| CPU | (None) |
| Memory | 6 bits |
| Storage | 6 bits |
| Display | 6 indicator lamps, 16-position motorized dial |
| Input | 6 slide switches, 6 pushbutton switches, 16-position motorized dial |
| Power | 110 VAC |
| Dimensions | 5 1/8 x 24 x 13 1/4 in.[1] |
| Mass | 9 kilograms (20 lb) |
Minivac 601 Digital Computer Kit was an electromechanical digital computer system created by information theory pioneer Claude Shannon and sold by Scientific Development Corporation as an educational toy using digital circuits.[2]
- ^ MINIVAC 601 Computer History Museum, "Description: This item comprises two pieces: A: Main unit B: Bag of jumper cables Produced by SDC Corporation, Watertown, MA. Operates from 110VAC. Object consists of: minivac, original cardboard box, 3 bags of jumper cables, 6 electrolitic [sic] capacitors..."
- ^ Advertisement: Minivac 601, Page 33, 1961-10, Popular Science