Worker Soldering Power Cable

(Original Caption) 1/11/1957-Newton, MA: An electronic brain takes shape at the headquarters of the Datamatic Corp., as a worker solders power cables to one of the package sections of the "Datamatic 1000." The electronic computer, being developed by them for Michigan Hospital Service and the First National Bank of Boston, can "read" and "write" at the rate of 60,000 digits per second, simultaneously handling 1000 multiplicatons, 4000 additions or 5000 comparisons. The packaged sectons are part of the computer's "building block" construction features.