We use cookies to improve your experience, some are essential for the operation of this site.

At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.

At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.
At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.
At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.
At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.
Comments (0)
135341
Unattributed
At-Sea IBM computer installed in R/V Chain's main lab.
Still Image
02/16/1966
archives/Chain/chain-456.tif
Date is approximate
Chain cruise 57.
Image of The Day caption:
Electronic equipment and a snarl of wires fills a lab on the research vessel Chain in February 1966. WHOI's first at-sea computer was an IBM installed on Chain in 1962; a special air conditioning unit was built to keep that equipment cool, making the computer room a rather popular spot on cruises to tropical waters. Later, Hewlett Packard invented the 2216A for WHOI, touting it as the company's "first go-anywhere, do-anything computer."
Photo courtesy of WHOI Archives
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Labels
This item includes these files
Image
Image
Collections