Computer History Museum

NASA - Sun graphics workstation in the SETI lab at Stanford University

This is a color image of a Sun graphics workstation, with a white keyboard, sitting on a small table. There is a black 3-button mouse and monitor attached to the computer. Light is coming from the camera flash. Typed on the large white label at the center of verso side of image is "the SUN Graphics workstation provides a real-time display of spectral data from the MCSA prototype system. The SUN is shown here in the SETI Lab at Stanford University. The workstation has a high resolution screen, large internal memory, and a 68010 microprocessor for high speed updating of graphical information. Several data display modes are available and may be selected using the mouse pointing device (seen to the right of the keyboard).". On the smaller label on bottom right corner on verso side of image is typed "NASA Ames Research Center".

Item Details

Type
Still Image
Catalogue number
102657163
Organization
Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Publisher)
Sun Microsystems (Publisher)
Stanford University (Publisher)
SETI Institute (Publisher)
NASA Ames Research Center (Publisher)
Category
Identification Photograph
Publicity Photograph
Photograph
Format
Photographic Print
Credit line
Gift of the SETI Institute
Acquisition number
X3180.2005
Subject
NASA Ames Research Center, SETI Institute, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems, Inc.