5 Jul
2015
5 Jul
'15
4:47 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck
Guzis
Sent: 05 July 2015 04:14
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Subject: Re: Computing history at CERN - Re: what IBM system is this?
On 07/04/2015 08:07 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
such
Note that that room is just for DD division
machines - general
computing services: data processing, number crunching, external
networking, etc.
At the time, the accelerator control was being done by Norsk-Data
minis located in the accelerator control room, as shown and explained
to me by someone who had worked on their programming; and there were
machines all over the rest of the site associated with things like
data-collection from experiment sensors, assorted labs, etc. I recall
for instance, seeing a VAX-750 doing sensor data-collection, and a lab
filled with some graphics machines, but don't recall what type they
were.
Does anyone know of similar photos being taken at approximately the same
time at LLL or LANL? I assume that there might also be some from NASA
Langley...
Photos from other heavy-duty number-crunching installations of the time, as ECMWF would also be interesting.
--Chuck
There are some pictures on the Chilton site:-
http://www.chilton-computing.org.uk/acl/technology/atlas/overview.htm
but they are hard to find...
Dave