[SOLVED] 1965 computer PCB. What is it?!

[DeMontGuitars]

recently purchased some cool old equipment from an electronic engineer's estate. This was displayed on a shelf. What is it?! its marked 1965, and the transistors appear to be for a display driver

pcb 01
pcb02
pcb 03
pcb 04
pcb05

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Old. That's what it is.

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Definitely not a display board. It's possible that it's related in some way to the space program as about that time NASA was scooping up virtually all the transistors being produced. It does seem to resemble some of the boards (non flight) that were used in the Apollo program.

EDIT: In addition, based on the apparent crudeness of some of the solder work and roughness of some of the traces, this may be a prototype board.

 

[NightHawkRMX]

Really doesnt look like it has any chips of any kind. Maybe not computer related?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Chips weren't really a thing that far back. IC's (chips) basically started with the Moon program.

 

[TJ Hooker]

transistors appear to be for a display driver

What makes you say that?

 

[DeMontGuitars]

What makes you say that?

I just did a quick search on one of the TI transistors and thats what it came back as. I don't really know though

 

[GerryK]

Looks like it's from the FlinStone Era!

 

[kanewolf]

It was probably something that he helped design.
It could be avionics, radio, radar, disk drive, tape drive, test equipment, who knows. If you knew what companies the person worked for you might at least have an idea on what type of equipment it was used in.

 

[DeMontGuitars]

It was probably something that he helped design.
It could be avionics, radio, radar, disk drive, tape drive, test equipment, who knows. If you knew what companies the person worked for you might at least have an idea on what type of equipment it was used in.

All I know is he was born in 1960, and worked in Chicago most recently :/

 

[IInuyasha74]

I don't know what this is for sure, but doing a little searching for 1960s circuit boards brought me to this page:
https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/toshbc1411.html

This is clearly different than what you have, but there are similarities in the overall look and design, including the lack of chips on the PCB. As such, I'd hazard a guess that it's from a similar antiquated calculator or a similar device.

You might try emailing the guy that runs the website, he may be able to identify it.

 

[DeMontGuitars]

I don't know what this is for sure, but doing a little searching for 1960s circuit boards brought me to this page:
https://www.oldcalculatormuseum.com/toshbc1411.html

This is clearly different than what you have, but there are similarities in the overall look and design, including the lack of chips on the PCB. As such, I'd hazard a guess that it's from a similar antiquated calculator or a similar device.

You might try emailing the guy that runs the website, he may be able to identify it.

I think you are correct! thank you!