70's view of Army Radar Installation (with computer gear)
Gordon JC Pearce MM3YEQ
gordonjcp at gjcp.net
Tue Dec 2 03:23:57 CST 2008
Chuck Guzis wrote:
> I just ran across this page:
>
> http://cryptome.info/0001/loc/loc-images.htm
>
> It seems that LOC has been rather ham-handedly censoring some of its
> online historical content. Of particular interest is a shot of
> computer peripherals (printers, card readers, tape drives), all of
> which appear to be vintage CDC gear (military versions of the 512
> printer, 65x tapes, 405 card readers...). I don't know what the
> mainframe behind this was, nor does it seem to be shown. Anyone have
> any idea?
>
> BTW, the TIFF images are 20MB each and very high quality--enough so
> that I could read the CRT displays and the notice of "Volley Ball"
> and "Hayride" on the bulletin board.
Hrm, one of the displays reads 08 OCT 1992...
Gordon
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