Punch Cards Used with a PDP-9 Minicomputer

Punch Cards Used with a PDP-9 Minicomputer

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Description
In the mid-1960s, the Computer Science Department at RAND Corporation turned its attention to developing computer graphics. A set of programs written in the programming language FORTRAN for the PDP-9 minicomputer were used to plot contour lines useful in determining the line of sight for microwave radiation emitted from a given point on a map. These cards have some of the data for one of these programs. The cards are white with a pink border on the top.
Groups of cards are numbered from 16 through 30. A mark on the top card reads: DATE GENERATED 4-11-68.The program has non-accession number 1990.3046.10.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
punched cards, set of
date made
1968
maker
IBM
Place Made
United States: California, Santa Monica
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 8.3 cm x 18.8 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 1/4 in x 7 3/8 in x 2 15/16 in
ID Number
1990.3046.03
catalog number
1990.3046.03
nonaccession number
1990.3046
Credit Line
Gift of Paul Baran and W. L. Doyle
subject
Mathematics
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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