15 Jun
2020
15 Jun
'20
7:41 p.m.
Josh R. wrote:
I recently bought a mystery blinkenlight panel. Closer
inspection reveals it was manufactured by Intel in the early 70?s (1973), and some people
on the book of faces suggested it was part of a ?device
multiplexer?(?)
I?m hoping someone here might be able to shed some
light on this mystery.
I suspect from looking it over, and given that Intel's early business was primarily
random access static and dynamic memory ICs, that this was the console of some kind of
memory test system.
I don't know for sure, though, it's just a guess.
I took the upside down image, flipped it, and did some image enhancement on it to make out
the legends on the indicators and switches. Based on what I see, my suspicion seems
plausible.
Rick Bensene
The Old Calculator Museum
http://oldcalculatormuseum.com