4 Feb
2007
4 Feb
'07
2:26 p.m.
On 4 Feb 2007 at 12:53, Brent Hilpert wrote:
Given Ampex tape drives, has the "7070"
number lead to the presumption in the
discussion that it was an IBM processor?. Might it be that it was made by
another manufacturer, and a one-off/special contract that wouldn't typically
show up in popular lineages?
I suspect that the 7070 in question probably was at NASA Langley and
fed by Ampex (possibly FR 300 or FR 1400) telemetry tape machines,
probably from the Minitrack satellite telemetry tracking system. The
FR 300 was a very popular 7 track unit--I believe that early CDC
systems (e.g. 160) even used them.
Just more guesswork here.
Cheers,
Chuck