Artifact Details

Title

Apollo guidance computer, display and keyboard interface (DSKY)

Catalog Number

X37.81A

Type

Physical object

Description

Per AGC restorer Mike Stewart (in an email dated 2019-02-12), "serial/part numbers are: 2003950 -- DSKY Assembly; 2003955 -- Main Housing Assembly; 2003947 -- Wirewrap IDM Plate Assembly; 2004705 -- Plate, IDM. It is believed that this DSKY has been partly, if not completely, upgraded from the first revision of the DSKY (2003985 ) to the second (2003950). The DSKY Compatibility Sheet in the LEM PGNCS Manual from AC Electronics has an interesting note that might be related to this. In the S/N correlation chart in the upper right, a couple of CHM's DSKY's close siblings (S/N 16 and 19) have asterisks with the note "(*No longer cover configuration update)". If S/N 17 is also affected, it may have something to do with the unexpected alarm panel." Mike was unable to locate mention of S/N 17 (this AGC DSKY) in any references he reviewed but posited "Since this was a donation from Draper, my guess is that whatever it was used for, it was local to the MIT Instrumentation Lab. The positioning of the manually-added"ALT" label on your DSKY uniquely has makes me wonder if it might have been used in one of their simulators."

Date

1960s ca.

Manufacturer

Raytheon Company

Identifying Numbers

Other number 2004705 Stamped over another number (2004974-011) on the side of teh computer.
Other number 2014012REV Stamped on the back of the handling fixture (housing/frame).
Other number NAS 9-497 "CONT. NO." on metal NASA label affixed to front of fixture (housing/frame).
Other number NAS 9-497 "CONT. NO." on metal NASA label affixed to back of unit.
Part number 2003950-011 X On metal NASA label on back of unit.
Part number 20114013-011 On metal NASA label affixed to front of fixture (housing/frame).
Serial number RAY 17 On metal NASA label on back of unit.
Serial number RAY 4 On metal NASA label affixed to front of handling fixture (housing/frame).

Dimensions

overall: 14 in x 11 in x 8 in

Category

I/O/console / panel

Subject

UI

Credit

Gift of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory

Lot Number

X37.81