Ward-Beck Systems archive (2026)

A wiki of the Ward-Beck Systems archive: 521 modules, products and console models, 310 jobs, dated from 1967 to 2021.

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• Timeline — everything by year (visual timeline)
• Everything finder — search every file in the archive, filed or not, by name, code, year or text
• Modules — by category
• Products — openGear, 8200, micro, PODs, metering …
• Consoles & jobs
• Console lives — consoles re-homed with their users: WILMA and the Members' consoles
• People — who drew and checked the drawings
• Prices — list prices and used values by year
• Parts lists — bills of materials by board
• Transformers — Ward-Beck's own 60-n input, 70-n output and 80-n power transformers
• Boilerplate — the text repeated across many manuals, kept once
• Registers — transformers, boards, sub-assemblies and mechanical parts, and where they are used
• Documents — scanned documents filed by what they mention
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• Parts — part numbers, naming convention, shelf locations
• About the data
• Live status (STATUS.md) — work in progress and archive figures, updated every minute

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