Artifact Details Title Prototype rope memory unit Catalog Number XD115.76 Type Physical object Description This is a prototype rope memory unit made by Burroughs for the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory for their development of the Apollo Guidance Computer by 1963. It was not selected for the computer, rather a design submitted by Raytheon won. Date 1963 Manufacturer Burroughs Corporation Place Manufactured U.S. Identifying Numbers Serial number SN013 Agc 4 Greenkey #1 Dimensions 1 x 5 x 8 1/2 in. Copyright Holder Mark Richards Category Memory: other Subject mechanical; magnetic Credit Gift of Albert L. Hopkins Lot Number XD115.76
