Image: Pdp11,70 640x507

Description: Left: Michael John Muuss operating Vector General display of the XM1 (M1 Abrams prototype) tank with BRL-CAD circa 1980. Right: Earl Weaver, inspecting printout of XM1 design. Source Image provided by Christopher Sean Morrison from the historic archives of Mike Muuss, edited from scanned original. Image has been published by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory in official reports as well as part of an ARL History of Computing project started by Muuss. 50 Years of Army Computing, From ENIAC to MSRC. (ARL-SR-93, ed. T.J. Bergin): http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/DownloadedInternetPages/CurrentPages/AboutARL/eniac.pdf History of Computing: http://www.arl.army.mil/main/main/default.cfm?Action=20&Page=148 http://ftp.arl.army.mil/ftp/historic-computers/jpeg/pdp11,70.jpg Cute Things in Picture: Note the thermometer stuck in the top of the 11/70 CPU. The gold bumper sticker at the top of the rack says "Quiet, genius at work." The picture is taken in room 100 building 394 at APG. The Vector General graphics system were supposed to be peripherals for BRL's CDC Cyber but they never worked for that. Each one came with an 11/34 CPU, a DQ-11, and 56K modem. Of course, Mike and his group immediately just put UNIX on the 11/34's. The 11/34 and the comm gear were subsequently used by me for internet routers.
Title: Pdp11,70 640x507
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