16 Feb
2007
16 Feb
'07
7 a.m.
Simon Fryer wrote:
I would agree. It smells as though it is part of a
SCADA/control
system of some sort. Honeywell was the first thing that came to mind
but I have only seem a small amount of Honeywell control gear - so
could be completely wrong.
I'm surprised that there are no recognisable manufacturer names on any of it
though if it were from one of the bigger companies. Of course the number of
remembered systems from the 60s and 70s is probably a very small fraction of
the total machines produced...
The panels do hint at something reasonably complex, though - so possibly power
station or something military?
This was my initial assessment based on the way the
wiring looms are
tied. Since, the eagle eyed Jim has pointed out the inspetion date of
68.
Certainly in the UK telcos were pretty "backward" [1] (in computing terms)
around that time - I get the impression that things in the US were similar. In
other words, telco seems unlikely (possibly someone just saw the word
"exchange" and made assumptions? :)
[1] If it ain't broke don't fix it and all that, though. There's absolutely
nothing wrong with *not* using a computer for something :-)
cheers
Jules