Computation Center Artifacts
- Computation Center (COM) proposed site – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) proposed building – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- U.T. Record, Fall 1959, “Computation Comes to Texas”: page 1, page 4 – From the files of Charles H. Warlick
- Alcalde, January 1962, “Machines That Think Faster Than Men”: page 8, page 9 – From the files of Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) floor plan, 1963 – Diagram supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) computer room, 1963, with CDC 1604 and 160 – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) as built (1) – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) as built (2) – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) CDC 6600 & 6400 – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Computation Center (COM) IBM SP-2 – Photo supplied by Charles H. Warlick
- Cyber 170 and CDC Disk Drives – Photo by Vance Strickland
- Tape Drives – Photo by Vance Strickland
- CDC Drives with Magnetic Tapes and Environmental Monitoring Equipment in background – Photo by Vance Strickland
- Cyber 170 Consoles, Tape Drives, Disk Drives, and Magnetic Tapes – Photo by Vance Strickland
- Control Data (CDC) Dual Cyber 6600/6400 Core Memory Module (4¼" x 4¼"):
- Memory Module Front - 25 megapixels (11.3 MB)
- Memory Module Back - 25 megapixels (10.6 MB)
- Core Memory Close-Up - 64 megapixels (20.1 MB)
- Core Memory Extreme Close-Up - 34 megapixels (9.2 MB)
- Control Data (CDC) Cyber 170 nameplate - 556 KB
- Control Data (CDC) Cyber 170 Display Station nameplate - 364 KB
- Control Data (CDC) Condensing Unit nameplate - 360 KB
- IBM Guage Card, used for checking the alignment of punch cards:
- IBM Guage Card, Face Up - 1.9 MB
- IBM Guage Card, Face Down - 1.5 MB
- Digital (DEC) PDP-11/60 Front Panel - 1.5 MB
- Digital (DEC) PDP-11 Processor Handbook (Cover) 1981 - 396 KB
- Digital (DEC) PDP-11 Software Source Book (Cover) 1983 - 215 KB
- Ethernet card from a DEC H4000 Transceiver:
- H4000 Ethernet Card Top - 1.8 MB
- H4000 Ethernet Card Bottom - 1.7 MB
Charles Spurgeon writes: [This card was] "one of the first (if not the first) production 10 Mbps transceivers. It pulled so much instantaneous current at power-on that hooking it up to a VAX 11/750 (one of the smaller Vaxen) could cause 12VDC to sag enough to trigger a 'DC low' error and reboot the computer.
"The 15 pin connector on the end is an AUI connector, that connects to an Ethernet NIC on the computer. Not shown is the connection to the coax cable, which connected to those three holes in the center of the card."
- Paper Tape Storage - 93 megapixels (1.9 MB)
Aug. 11, 2009
