Dir. of Research Service, William H. Wyatt is briefed on the School of Mines new CDC 8090 computer by Howard Houts of Control Data Corporation.
Date
[between 1955 and 1965?]
Notes
"A new octal console for its CDC 8090 computer is the latest addition to the Computer Center of the Colorado School of Mines. Here Director of Research Services William H. Wyatt, left, gets a briefing on the unit from Howard Houts of Control Data Corporation. The new console permits the computer to flash a variety of 23 operational warnings with indicators which light up to announce "tape supply low" "programming errors" etc. A much larger vocabulary can be conveyed through numercial codes on the windows below. For example, 7654 may mean "ready to transmit data to teleprinter" or "ready to accept data from card tabulator." The octal number codes are much more quickly interpreted by the computer's human colleagues than the binary codes of the earlier console. But if read as a decimal number, 7654 would translate into 6124."; Title typed label on back of photoprint with longer description.; R7100099759
Description
1 photoprint ; 21 x 26 cm. (8 x 10 in.)
Subject
Golden (Colo.)--1950-1970.; Computers--1950-1970.; Universities & colleges--Colorado--Golden--1950-1970.; Colorado School of Mines.
Rights Statement
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
