Control Data, 1969

This recording provides an overview of NCAR's Control Data Corporation 6600 (CDC 6600) computer for the general public. It seems to be an unedited soundtrack for a film; scene and take numbers are included. Topics covered include: high speed computation in atmospheric research; computer modeling and simulation; components of NCAR's CDC 6600, including punched cards and card reader, magnetic tapes, storage drums and disks, the central processing unit, and peripheral processors; data output of the CDC 6600, automatic graph plotting, and the cathode ray tube microfilm recorder.