Specifications for Wang 360SE
Manufacturer: Wang Laboratories
Model Number: 360SE
Serial Number: Two Units in Museum
#1: 380521
#2: 380708 (Thanks to Mr. Arnold Allen for Donation)
Date of Manufacture: #1: May, 1969
#2: July, 1969
Manufactured In: USA, Tewksbury, Massachusetts
Original Price: $3990 (360SE Electronics Package)
$950 (360KT Trig Keyboard)
$500 (360K Keyboard)
$470 (320K Keyboard)
Total Cost as Shown: $6860
Weight: 25 Pounds (Electronics Package)
6 Pounds (Model 300K Keyboard)
Size: 25" Wide, 5 1/2" Deep, 7 1/2" High (Electronics Package)
10 1/4" Wide, 8" Deep, 4 1/2" High (Model 300K Keyboard)
Power Requirement: 100 Watts, 115VAC
Display Technology: Nixie Tube, Discrete Neon Tube Decimal Point Indicators
Digit Tubes: Wang 340-0004 or National Electronics NL-840
Sign Tube: Wang 340-0005 or National Electronics NL-843
Logic Technology: All Transistor, 32 Plug-In Circuit Cards
Non-Volatile Magnetic Core Memory for all Register Storage
2K bits total, 4 planes of 32x16
Digits of Capacity: 10 plus sign, No zero-suppression
Decimal Modes: Full Floating
Arithmetic Logic: Arithmetic, Two Accumulators
Unusual "Enter" for 1st Operand of Multiply/Divide
Uses logarithms internally for multiplication and division
Automatic Accumulation of Multiplicand, Multiplier or Product
Math Functions: Depends on Keyboard Unit:
Four Function All Units (300K and above)
Square Root, Square (310K)
Square Root, Square, e^X, Log (320K, 360K)
Square Root, Square, e^X, Log, Sin, Cos, ArcSin, ArcTan (360KT/360KR)
Constant: Yes, Continuous
Memories: Depends on Keyboard Unit:
360K, 360KT/KR have access to 4 Store/Recall Registers
Magnetic Core-based Non Volatile Memory
Programmable: Yes, with Model 370($1200) or Model 380($1500) Keyboard/Programmer Unit
Peripherals: Card Programmer (Model CP-1, $800)
Card Programmer (Model CP-2)
Column Printer (Model 301)
Item Counter (Model IC-1, $120)
Data Storage Unit, 16 Registers (Model 372, $1000)
Data Storage Unit, 64 Registers (Model 373, $2500)
Input/Output Writer, ASR-33 Teletype (Model 376, $1400)
ASR-33 TTY Input/Output Writer Control (Model 377, $1400)
Output Writer, IBM Selectric (Model 379-7, $1000)
IBM Selectric Output Writer Control (Model 379-5, $800)
Universal Interface, Analog/Digital I/O (Model 379-8, $2500)
CRT Display Control (Model 379-9, $1250)
CRT Display, Storage Tube (Model 379-10, $1500)
Trig Pack (Model 379-12, $1200)
Card Reader Interface (Model 379-13, $800)
Other Features: SE Electronics Package is a Multi-User Calculator
Up to four remote keyboard/display 'consoles' operate
simultaneously in round-robin timeshared fashion.
Tech Notes: Wang 360SE Information
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"Wang 300-Series Specifications" [155K]
Wang 360SE Introduction Article [82K]
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Reading: "Lessons, an Autobiography"
Author: Dr. An Wang with Eugene Linden
Pubisher: Addison-Wesley
First Printing: August, 1986
ISBN: 0-201-09400-2
"Riding the Runaway Horse : The Rise and Decline of Wang Laboratories"
Author: Charles C. Kenney
Pubilisher: Little, Brown and Company
First Printing: 1992
ISBN: 0-316-48919-0
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