CDC Remote Calculator, circa 1965

[Rick Bensene]

> > http://www.jfc.org.uk/files/westworld.png
Chuck wrote:
> 
> No, this one looks to be different.  In particular, that tape
> cartridge sticking out of the top section (technology that hadn't
> been invented yet) and the bottom section is differently constructed
> (note how the CDC keyboard forms a "lip" on the front of the machine,
> where the Westworld gizmo seems to use a different mounting system.
> Note the ventilation slots on the bottom of the machine--the
> Westworld ones do not extend as far up the side.
> 
> It's something else, quite possibly a calculator.  Perhaps Rick
> Bensene will recognize it.
> 

It is no calculator that I recognize.  It is different in construction (as Chuck pointed out) than the CDC calculator "terminal", but the keyboard layout on the Westworld shot looks very similar to that of the CDC terminal. 

I wonder if perhaps the device pictured may be a follow-on to the original CDC calculator terminal that added local programmability, e.g., some local storage that could store "learn-mode" key press programs (and perhaps conditionals), and also allowed store/recall of said programs to/from the cartridge tape drive.    Additional circuitry to provide this functionality would require a different (larger) cabinet, and perhaps more cooling.  It is all just supposition, as I've not seen any indication of such a device existing.

Another possibility is that it is some kind of mélange of various bits and pieces of stuff put together by some prop department.

An interesting mystery...

Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com