1360 Cypress photo-digital storage system (PDSS) tray with cartridges
Catalog Number
102732852
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 of the cubby-holes are populated with empty storage cartridges. All cartridges have numeric labeling visible from the top. The primary number on some cartridges is white and on others it is handwritten in black. The primary numbers in this tray are assorted. The secondary number on each cartridge seems to be a serial number and is yellow on the cartridges with a white primary number and is handwritten in black on the cartridges with handwritten black primary numbers.
Date
1967
Manufacturer
International Business Machines Corporation (IBM)
Identifying Numbers
Other number
SECTION 1588
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)