> -----Original Message----- > From: cctalk [mailto:cctalk-boun...@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Guzis > Sent: 05 July 2015 04:14 > To: gene...@classiccmp.org; discuss...@classiccmp.org:On-Topic and Off- > Topic Posts > Subject: Re: Computing history at CERN - Re: what IBM system is this? > > On 07/04/2015 08:07 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote: > > > 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, such > 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
