Controller for the Film Input to Digital Automatic Computer (FIDAC). Four ribbon cables are attached to the rear of the object.
The FIDAC is a high-speed flying-spot scanner for on-line input of digitized pictorial data into a computer's memory. Designed in 1965 for chromosome research by Robert Ledley, Professor of Physiology and Biophysics and Professor of Radiology at Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Manufacturer
System Industries, Inc.
Place Manufactured
U.S.
Identifying Numbers
Model number
9800-R
Serial number
00450
Dimensions
overall: 5 1/4 in x 19 in x 23 1/2 in
Credit
Gift of the National Biomedical Research Foundation