Pictures from ACME

These photographs of Stanford Medical computing in the 1960s were extracted from a 16mm promotional film made in 1969 by an IBM division supporting Laboratory Computing, under the leadership of Ray Edwards. The film was converted to a DVD format, and is available on line. The intial section (AVI format, 107Mbytes), focusing on Stanford can also be viewed. These snapshots were extracted by Gio Wiederhold still have only a modest resolution(~720x750).
More information about the ACME project is being collected at a descriptive web page as part of the Stanford Computer History Exhibits.
The Genetics department LINC computer is shown at numbers 110-130. Some pictures extracted from the film wwre taken at Dow Chemical, Caltech, and Palo Alto Syntex.
LINC
010: titleWindow with full size.
020: 1800panelWindow with full size.
025: 1800ACMEWindow with full size.
031: CathLabSignWindow with full size.
032: HarrisonWindow with full size.
035: HarrisonWindow with full size.
037: cathederInHeartWindow with full size.
038: LookingWindow with full size.
039: connectorsWindow with full size.
040: HarrisonWindow with full size.
042: HarrisonWindow with full size.
041: calibrationWindow with full size.
049: HarrisonWindow with full size.
050: Harrisonand StinsonWindow with full size.
051: ACMErtOutputWindow with full size.
055: TerminalBoxWindow with full size.
060: ACME original Light boxWindow with full size. Later model on display and description
065: Gio, and Gary Breitbard and Dave Cummins (pretending to) listenWindow with full size.
080: Gio with System DiagramWindow with full size.
090: Gio still talking about ACMEWindow with full size.
095: Gio en faceWindow with full size.
096: log in codeWindow with full size.
097: program codeWindow with full size.
101: LabcontrolWindow with full size.
102: Bendix Time of Flight Mass SpectrometerWindow with full size.
105: A to D convertersWindow with full size.
110: Bob Tucker on TTYWindow with full size.
120: plotterWindow with full size.
130: Linc computer labWindow with full size.
140: Breitbard and PL/ACMEWindow with full size.
142: garyBWindow with full size.
150: Voy's PL/ACME Manual Window with full size.
201: IBM 1316 5 disk packs for the 1311 drive, at 2MB each.Window with full size.
202: IBM 1311 disk drivesWindow with full size.
205: 1800 at CalTechWindow with full size.
213: IBM 360 model 40?Window with full size.
220: IBM EPR magnet lab SJWindow with full size.
225: plotterfull size.
2302741outputWindow with full size.
240: TTY at Dow ChemicalWindow with full size.
242: TTY papertape readingWindow with full size.
246: Dow lab with Techtronix Memory ScopeWindow with full size.

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