5965
Twin triode vacuum tube
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The 5965 is a miniature twin triode vacuum tube (thermionic valve) "designed for use in high-speed digital computers".[1]
ClassificationTriode
ServiceDigital computers
Height1+15⁄32 in (37 mm)
Diameter7⁄8 in (22 mm)
| 5965 | |
|---|---|
| Classification | Triode |
| Service | Digital computers |
| Height | 1+15⁄32 in (37 mm) |
| Diameter | 7⁄8 in (22 mm) |
| Cathode | |
| Cathode type | Unipotential |
| Heater voltage | 6.3 V or 12.6 V |
| Heater current | 450 mA or 225 mA |
| Anode | |
| Max voltage | 200 V |
| Max current | 100 mA |
| Socket connections | |
Pin 1 – Unit 2 Anode (Plate) | |
| References | |
| https://web.archive.org/web/20230314212705/https://frank.pocnet.net/sheets/137/5/5965.pdf | |
According to an MIT Project Whirwind memorandum, the tube was developed c.1953 for IBM by GE, primarily for use in the IBM 701 computer, and was designated as a general-purpose triode tube.[2] In European use the tube was labelled E180CC; sometimes the same tube was labelled with both names.[3]

