Camera control electronics for the Film Input to Digital Automatic Computer (FIDAC). Attached to the rear of this object are a power cable and a large cable is attached to the camera connector.
The FIDAC is a high-speed flying-spot scanner for on-line input of digitized pictorial data into a computer's memory. Designed in 1965 for chromosome research by Robert Ledley, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of Radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Manufacturer
Cohu Inc. Electronics Division
Identifying Numbers
Model number
4-0451
Other number
671948
On a label on theleft side.
Serial number
7932-011
Dimensions
overall: 5 1/4 in x 19 in x 17 in
Credit
Gift of the National Biomedical Research Foundation
