Title
The small computer in the chemical laboratoryCatalog Number
102695886Type
Moving ImageDescription
This film presents an introduction to basic computing principles, featuring specific technologies such as accumulators, buffers, logic circuits, ferrite core memories, bits, octal equivalents, programming languages, assembly languages and signal averaging. Hardware from the Digital Equipment Corporation is featured throughout, including the PDP-8, PDP-1, and the 1520. In addition to general computing principles, the film features a discussion of computing applications specific to chemical laboratories, such as mass spectrometry.Written on the outside of the canister: "V.P.I. 60^\^ 2.3kg CHEMISTRY COMPUTER COLOR LINC 8."
Date
ca. 1970Credits
VPI (VA Polytechnic Institute) Chemistry Dept.Publisher
Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Chemistry DepartmentIdentifying Numbers
| Deprecated CHM identification number | 1008 |
| Deprecated CHM identification number | F 12.83 |