Title
Control box for parachute contestCatalog Number
102749588Type
Still imageDescription
There is 1 negative showing a small "black box" with 3 push button switches. There is a Digital logo above the switches and labels below. The labels are in English, French and Russian and read "Time", "Penalty" and "Total Loss". The inner most envelope is labled "control for parachute records 8/9/62"In August 1962 a PDP-1 was used in the judging of a parachute contest in Orange Mass. Button boxes tike the one in the picture were used by the judges to enter their results.
Date
1962-08-09Publisher
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC)Identifying Numbers
| File number | 867 | DEC identification number |