Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Sperry Univac Defense Systems
- Summary
- This Input-Output Console computer was used from 1967 through 1990 at the U.S. Air Force's Satellite Control Facility, in Sunnyvale, California. In the field, consoles similar to this one gathered data and forwarded the information to Sperry 1230-series computers for processing. They operated in "real time" around the clock, as part of a system that controlled and operated Air Force, NASA, other government, and commercial satellites. They also supported Space Shuttle missions.
- The 1230-series of machines was manufactured by the St. Paul, Minnesota, division of Sperry Univac, and was a military version of the UNIVAC 490 general purpose commercial computer. The computer used discrete transistors, was optimized for real-time use, had a 30-bit word length, and initially was supplied with 32,000 words of memory (approximately 123 K Bytes).
- Alternate Name
- Input-Output Console, Univac 1232
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- Inventory Number
- A19930083000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose
- Materials
- Cabinet: green enameled steel
- Console: rows of plastic buttons
- Teletype: plastic typewriter keyboard
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 182.9 x 73.7 x 129.5cm (72 x 29 x 51 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA
- Hangar
- James S. McDonnell Space Hangar
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19930083000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cf27b736-24a5-4777-9e1f-c16d313491d4
