Manufacturer:

Control Data Corporation  Search this

Materials:

Base: beige-painted steel

Console: beige-painted particle board

Control Panel: gray steel, plastice buttons, blue Plexiglas

Dimensions:

3-D: 182.9 x 81.3 x 94cm (72 x 32 x 37 in.)

Type:

INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Summary:

This is part of the Control Data 3800 series mainframe computer installed and used for many years at the Consolidated Space Test Center, Sunnyvale, California, where it was used in the management of various military space activities. The CDC 3800 was a military version of a general-purpose, commercial mainframe computer.

This computer was in operation at the CSTC from the late 1960s through Operation Desert Storm in 1991.

Alternate Name:

CDC 3800 Computer Console (right side)

Credit Line:

Transferred from the U.S. Air Force

Inventory Number:

A19930081000

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, VA

Hangar:

James S. McDonnell Space Hangar

Data Source:

National Air and Space Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a578813d-5dd4-4e06-98cf-8902c5405377

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nasm_A19930081000