Lincoln Laboratory of MIT, introduced the LINC, a relatively small computer with a 12-bit word length, intended for use by a single scholar. In that sense, it was a personal computer, although the cost put it well outside the price range of most individuals. This example, developed as a prototype using off-the-shelf compnents from Digital Equipment Comany, sold to the laboratory of Brain Evolution and Behavior at the National Institute of Mental Health in Bethesda, Maryland. DEC would go on to build about fifty of the machines.
When received at the museum, ithe deviceincluded two cabinets with fourteen connecting cables, two modular units, and a metal plate. The dimensions given are for one of the cabinets.
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