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Historical computing photos, 1976 - 2005

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Scope and Contents

This folder contains a wide array of images representing computing equipment at NCAR across the years, and people involved in computing. Neg. 121-7, man using a computer punchcard machine; 539c-10, people with stacks of computer punchcards, photo used in UCAR50 publication; 3474-16, signing of the contract for Cray 1a; 4653c, Cray 1; 6542-45, tape reels; 6542-51, woman adjusting tape reels on computer, photo used in UCAR50 publication; 6760-4, Walter McIntyre; 6951c-39, Computer center with new XMP for display; 7650c-2b, Computer areas for display update; 8396c-1, Binu Lohani with computer output in Leroy Heidt's lab; 8830c-35, Seymour Cray; 8830c-39, Seymour Cray; 8830c-41, Seymour Cray and the new Cray III. Additionally, there is a picture of the blackforest computer being moved into place, a picture of the blue gene computer with Rich Loft of CISL-NCAR (right) and Henry Tufo of the University of Colorado (left), a man with a vintage computer, and an image generated in the VizLab.

Dates

  • Creation: 1976 - 2005

Creator

Full Extent

From the Collection: 150 Linear Feet

Full Extent

From the Collection: 6 Terabytes

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Archives Repository