WE HAVE COME ACROSS SOME MAINFRAME COMPONENTS THAT WE NEED HELP IDENTIFYING
OR ARE UNSURE OF WHICH MACHINE THEY BELONG TO
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IF YOU HAVE ANY CLUES HINTS OR STORIES RELATED TO ANY OF THESE ITEMS
WE WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU LET US KNOW



IBM KEYPUNCH PROGRAMMING DRUM
FROM AN IBM 026 OR 029
IS THERE A WAY TO DETERMINE WHICH MACHINE?

BURROUGHS
8" DISK DRIVE PLATTER

IBM PANEL
MYSTERY #1


IBM PANEL
MYSTERY #2

IBM PANEL
MYSTERY #3


VERY EARLY UNIVAC POWER CONTROL PANEL
THE NAME "REMINGTON RAND DIVISION OF SPERRY RAND" WAS USED FROM JUNE 1955 - JAN. 1956
THE ONLY UNIVAC COMPUTERS FROM THAT ERA ARE THE UNIVAC I - 1101 - 1102 - 1103
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CAN ANYONE PINPOINT WHICH ONE?



THE DISTANT EARLY WARNING (DEW) LINE WAS A RADAR SYSTEM - EXTENDING ACROSS THE NORTHERN POINTS OF CANADA
DURING THE COLD WAR - FEAR EXISTED OF SOVIET BOMBERS ATTACKING NORTH AMERICA
THE AIR FORCE DECIDED TO EXTEND THE DEW LINE ACROSS GREENLAND - CONTRACTING BENDIX TO DESIGN AND PRODUCE THE RADAR
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DURING WWII BENDIX DESIGNED AND PRODUCED THE MPG-1 COASTAL DEFENSE RADAR
BENDIX ALSO CREATED RADAR EQUIPMENT FOR THE SAGE SYSTEM
ADDITIONALLY BENDIX PRODUCED GROUND CONTROL APPROACH RADAR SYSTEMS

THE RADAR LINE LIGHT ON THIS DEVICE INDICATES THIS MIGHT BE PART OF THE DEW LINE RADAR SYSTEM
12.75" X 7.5" X 9.25

RADAR LINE
RADAR DATA ACCEPT - TRANSMIT - STOP

SERIAL NO. 0913

J1 J2 J3 J4 F1 F2 TP1 TP2 TP3 TP4 TP6

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AN/FRR-55
SERIAL NO. 2
NAVY DEPARTMENT - BUREAU OF SHIPS
MANUFACTURED BY DEVELOPMENTAL ENGINEERING CORPORATIOM
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WHILE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE AN/FRR FAMILY HAVE LOADS OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE
NO REFERENCE TO THE AN/FRR-55 APPEARS TO EXIST

UNIT B17 OF AN/FRR-55(XN-1)
TTY DIVERSITY COMPARATOR
SERIAL # 2

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EWC-1 ELECTRONIC WORD COUNTER
STELMA, INC. SERIAL NO. 109
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?? ANOTHER MYSTERY ??

EWC-1 ELECTRONIC WORD COUNTER

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INTERCOM
STATION 40 - STATION 41
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NO MANUFACTURER LABEL OR MODEL NUMBER
APPEARS TO BE OLD MILITARY OR GOVERNMENT EQUIPMENT
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SAGE SYSTEM? NASA?



THIS APPEARS TO BE A VERY EARLY DECATRON COUNTER
TURNING THE RIGHT-MOST DIAL TEN NOTCHES MOVES THE CENTER DIAL ONE NOTCH - TEN CENTER DIAL NOTCHES MOVES THE LEFT-MOST DIAL ONE NOTCH
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THE ABNORMAL TRAFFIC AND NUMBER DELETE OPTIONS MAKE US BELIEVE THIS BELONGED TO AN EARLY COMPUTER
WHILE A FEW EARLY MAINFRAMES USED DECATRON COUNTERS -WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO VERIFY WHAT THIS COMPONENT BELONGS TO

ABNORMAL TRAFFIC / NUMBER DELETE

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THIS IS AN EARLY POWER UNIT FOR AN IBM ASSEMBLED MACHINE
DATE CODE OF 1958 - APPROX 11.5" X 11.5"
CAME FROM A SOURCE WITH EARLY IBM MAINFRAME COMPONENTS




AZIMUTH ALARM - NO TARGET TO COMP. - EXCESS TARGETS - MAP AUD. ALARM
NOT SURE WHAT THIS WAS AN INPUT FOR - PROBABLY NOT A MISSILE LAUNCH KEY THOUGH
CAME FROM A SOURCE WITH MANY EARLY IBM COMPONENTS

IBM 753517 - SURPLUS FROM WATSON LABORATORIES
POWERS ON - ALL TUBES LIGHT UP
5" X 8" X 17"
WHAT IS THIS?

IBM 753517

CONNECTIONS - POWER SWITCH

UTC TRANSFORMER

WATSON LAB TAG

BOTTOM

IBM MAINFRAME BUFFER 1782-2 (Q3)
POSSIBLY A PRINT BUFFER

PANEL REMOVED

7 TRACK TAPE HEAD - FOR 1/2" MAGNETIC TAPE - 6 DATA TRACKS + 1 PARITY TRACK
MANUFACTURED BY HONEYWELL
LIKELY FOR A GE 200 LINE COMPUTER (DOES ANYONE KNOW WHICH MODEL?)
GEs 200 LINE COULDN'T COMPETE WITH THE IBM 360 (INTRODUCED 1964)
GE SOLD THEIR COMPUTER DIVISION TO HONEYWELL IN 1970

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READ WRITE HEAD (BOTTOM)

READ WRITE SENSOR



SPERRY UNIVAC
PLATED WIRE MEMORY
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THIS FORM OF MEMORY WAS DEVELOPED BY BELL LABORATORIES IN 1957
NOTABLY USED IN THE HUBBEL TELESCOPE/MINUTEMAN 3 GUIDANCE COMPUTER/VIKING PROGRAM
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USED BY SPERRY UNIVAC IN THE UNIVAC 1110 AND 9000 SERIES COMPUTERS
?IS THERE A WAY TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE?
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MACHINE ASSEMBLED vs HAND ASSEMBLED FOR CORE MEMORY
HAD A NON-DESTRUCTIVE READ - DIDN'T REQUIRE REFRESHING
PERMALLOY (IRON-NICKEL) COATED WIRES STORE THE MAGNETIC FIELD vs EACH FERRITE CORE FOR CORE MEMORY







IBM MAINFRAME SHOE CONNECTORS (Q3)
10"X3.5"X3.5"
USED TO MATE CABLES BETWEEN MACHINE COMPONENTS
COMMONLY TO CONNECT THE MACHINE TO THE PRINTER
(HUNDREDS OF INDIVIDUAL WIRES)
LIKELY LATE 1950s EARLY 1960s



MAC PANEL CO. (Q1)


 



INDICATOR LIGHT PANEL
FROM A SOURCE WITH EARLY IBM MAINFRAME COMPONENTS
COMPLETE MYSTERY

KEYPUNCH KEYBOARD
FROM P&T SURPLUS WHO DISMANTLED MANY IBM MAINFRAMES
IS THIS A CUSTOM MADE VERSION? IT DOESN'T MATCH ANY IBM KEYPUNCH PHOTOS I CAN FIND



NASA - LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER "LRC"
AD-YU VECTOR-SUM PLUG-IN "F" FOR TYPE 205B1 INDICATOR
INSPECTED 11-10-65
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LRC WAS INVOLVED IN EARLY ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SIMULATIONS
TO TEST WHETHER ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY COULD SUBSTITUTE FOR NATURAL GRAVITY TO MAINTAIN ASTRONAUTS HEALTH IN SPACE
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I BELIEVE THIS IS FROM THE LANGLEY ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY SIMULATOR - DISMANTLED IN THE EARLY 1970s
?CAN ANYONE CONFRIM THIS?
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THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY TESTS
ARTIFICIAL GRAVITY AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF ORBITAL HABITATS







COMPUTER CONTROL CO (CCC) - MANUAL CONTROL PANEL
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CAME FROM A SOURCE WITH MANY NASA RELATED ITEMS BUT ALSO COMMERCIAL MAINFRAME COMPONENTS
?IDEAS?


FRONT PANEL COVER REMOVED

IBM RELAY BOARD
PART NO. 3200176 ASSY
IBM STAMPS ON BOTTOM OF SELECT RELAYS
20.5" X 17" - AND A MASSIVE 21lbs


EARLY US NAVY BLOOD DETECTOR CONSOLE
LIKELY MADE BY BENDIX IN THE 1960s
TALK ABOUT UNIQUE
IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION OR A STORY ABOUT THIS ONE WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT


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ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CORP.
TYPE 4D100G DELAY LINE MEMORY
8.0" X 3.5" X 2.5"
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IN 1953 UNDERWOOD CORP. PURCHASED ELECOM COMPUTER (ELECTRONIC COMPUTER CORP)
THE ELECOM 125FP MAINFRAME USED A 100 WORD ACOUSTIC DELAY LINE - IS THIS AN ELECOM 125FP COMPONENT?
EARLY CALCULATORS SUCH AS THE BULL GAMMA 3 USED SIMILAR FORMS OF DELAY LINE MEMORY BULL GAMMA 3 MEMORY


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