Ken Shirriff @righto.com · Jun 28

This diagram shows how the circuit boards (called pages) were plugged into the I/O Processor's aluminum-alloy case. For storage, the system used magnetic core memory, larger pages at the back. This system didn't use a microprocessor; it was built from 11 logic pages crammed with simple chips.

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Ken Shirriff · Jun 28

Want more photos? Or more info, such as how the I/O processor implements 25 virtual processors with two instruction sets on top of a single physical processor? See my latest article: www.righto.com/2026/06/spac...