Artifact Details

Title

1360 Cypress photo-digital storage system (PDSS) tray with cartridges

Catalog Number

102732851

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a plastic tray with 33 formed cubby-holes in a three-by-eleven array. Each cubby can contain one film cartridge for the 1360 Photo-Digital Storage System. Each of the cubby-holes has a circular opening on the bottom. Thirty-two of the cubby-holes are populated with empty storage cartridges. All cartridges have numeric labeling visible from the top. The primary number on the cartridges is white and the numbers in this tray are assorted. The secondary number on each cartridge is yellow and appears to be a sequence number.

Date

1967

Manufacturer

International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)

Identifying Numbers

Other number SECTION 984 Printed on a yellow label taped on the end of the tray

Dimensions

overall: 3 1/8 in x 5 1/2 in x 14 1/4 in

Category

Memory & storage/optical

Credit

Gift of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)

Lot Number

XD221.80