General Information

Serial #

191

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PLOTTING TABLE, KNOBS, LIGHT/ GLASS VACUUM TUBES

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

128.4 cm

Width

62.5 cm

Height

190.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

319.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Analog peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Electronic

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Long Branch

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

1960S- ?

Canada

Unknown

Function

OUTPUT DEVICE FOR ANALOG COMPUTER USED TO REPRESENT COMPUTER DATA GRAPHICALLY ON PAPER. THIS SELF-BALANCING POTENTIOMETER TYPE RECORDER PLOTTED ONE DC VOLTAGE AS FUNCTION OF 2ND DC VOLTAGE. ONE VARIABLE CONTROLLED POSITION OF ARM ON ABSCISSA WHILE 2ND CONTROLLED MOTION OF MOTOR-DRIVEN PEN ALONG ORDINATE.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF VACUUM TUBE BASED ANALOG PLOTTER FORGRAPHICAL RECORDING OF DATA IN DC VOLTAGE FORM. PLOTTING TABLE WAS VERTICAL TO FACILITATE REMOTE OBSERVATION; PAPER WAS SECURED BY VACUUM HOLD-DOWN. PLOTTER WAS 4-PEN (2 TIMING & 2 WRITING) 2-ARM BOARD ENABLING IT TO RECORD 2 INDEPENDENT INPUTS OF X VS Y WITH TIMING SIGNALS SIMULTANEOUSLY, USING FULL PLOTTING SURFACE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READS 'ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES/ Incorporated [SCRIPT]'/ WHITE LETTERING ON CONTROL PANELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING '205-20N CONTROL PANEL'/ INTERIOR MFR.'S LABEL

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY WRINKLE FINISHED CASING/ GREY CONTROL PANEL WITH BLACK KNOBS, METALLIC SWITCHES, RED LIGHT/ YELLOW PLOTTING TABLE

Decoration

METALLIC STRIP ACROSS FRONT