Computing History Archive Photos
Archive photos of computers in use at Daresbury Laboratory from c.1962 onwards.
Descriptions of these photos will be added when they are
identified. If you can help, please contact [robert.allan at
stfc.ac.uk].
- Watesta data acquisition system date?
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- IBM tape drive and entry terminal date?
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- IBM 370 c.1972? Paul Richmond, Tom Murphy (shift leader) and Trevor Daniels. IBM 2314 disk drives can be seen in the background.
- IBM 1800 and equipment date?
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- IBM punched card reader date?
- NINA controls date?
- NINA control room date?
- NINA control room date?
- IBM 1800 (colour) with John Hopkins. date?
- NINA control room date?
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- 200_83_7.jpg IBM 360/91 at Rutherford
- 200_84_7.jpg IBM 360/91 at Rutherford
- IBM 1800 again date?
- IBM 1800 date?
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- 210_174_.jpg - main computer room with IBM 1800
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- 210_212_.jpg - IBM 2250 terminal
- 210_214_.jpg - CASE Vista1 terminal
- IBM 360 console (colour) date? with Harald Kirkman and Ian Redding
- IBM 360 console (colour) date?
- IBM typewriter terminal date?
- CASE Vista 1 terminal date?
- IBM 360, unknown user date?
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- IBM 370/165 console date? Also seen are microfiche viewers for reading OS source code.
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- PDP 11 and CAMAC date? This was a Daresbury developed workstation. Several were
installed in universities for remote job entry.
- IBM 1800 date? This computer was controlling the on-line links to the
mainframe. Paul Richmond, shown, is the operator/developer.
- 210_427_.jpg shows some of the first on-line terminals. The person nearest
is Brian Davies, Dept Head, then Paul Kummer.
- PDP 11/05, unknown user date?
- CAMAC card date?
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- output racks, computer hall date?
- PDP 11 computers and modem date?
- IBM 3420 tape drive date?
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- CAMAC crate date?
- PDP 11 various date?
- PDP 11/20 system date?
- IBM 360 console date? IBM 360/50 with Dept Head Vasili Zacharov
(standing) and Rex Lorkin, head of the computer dept.
- 210_86_4.jpg Paul Richmond at the 2250 terminal.
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- Interdata computers date?
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- GEC systems date?
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- Interdata computers date?
- 78_38.jpg 1978
- 78_50.jpg 1978
- 78_51.jpg 1978
- 78_313.jpg 1978
- 78_314.jpg 1978
- 78_957.jpg 1978
- 79_332.jpg 1979
- PDP 11 1979
- 79_814.jpg 1979
- 80_75.jpg 1980
- 80_78.jpg 1980
- GEC computers 1980
- 80_2213.jpg 1980 - terminal room
- 81_374.jpg 1981 - Flying Cargo loading
- GEC rear 1981
- 81_385.jpg 1981
- 81_386.jpg 1981
- GEC 4065 1981
- 81_388.jpg 1981
- 81_389.jpg 1981
- GEC lorry 1981
- GEC 4065 1981
- Cray dismantled 1981
- 81_394.jpg 1981 - Cray disk drives
- Cray 1 dismantling 1981
- Cray 1 dismantled 1981
- Cray dismantling 1981
- Cray removal 1981
- Cray dismantling 1981
- GEC 4000, rear 1981
- GEC 4065 1981
- Flying Cargo lorry 1981
- GEC rear (colour) 1981
- GEC 4065 (colour) 1981
- GEC 4065 1981
- Cray 1 dismantled (colour) 1981
- Cray dismantling (colour) 1981
- Cray 1 power modules 1981
- 81_458.jpg 1981
- 81_1115.jpg 1981. Peter Havercan, ??, Beryl Rigby, Trevor
Daniels, Paul Kummer, Bill Purvis, George Papadopoulos, Pat Ridley in
front of a computer console. We are not sure which one.
- 81_1131.jpg 1981
- some Cray 1 users 1981
- 81_1135.jpg 1981 - work in computer hall
- computer hall 1981
- computer hall 1981
- Cray circuit boards 1981
- 81_1424.jpg 1981
- 81_1743.jpg 1981
- 83_11.jpg 1983
- 83_12.jpg 1983
- ComputerVision keyboard 1983
- 83_14.jpg 1983
- 83_16.jpg 1983
- 83_17.jpg 1983 - ComputerVision image control unit
- ComputerVision tape drive 1983
- ComputerVision tape drive 1983
- 83_20c.jpg 1983
- terminal 1983 - ADM3 or ADM3a
- 83_23.jpg 1983
- 83_263.jpg 1983
- 83_273.jpg 1983
- 83_1529.jpg 1983 - NSF
Control Room. Showing innovative light-pen control.
- 84_62.jpg 1984
- 84_661.jpg 1984
- 84_662.jpg 1984 - ICL PERQ console
- 84_663.jpg 1984
- 84_1161.jpg 1984 -
original SRS Control Room console. Sloped tops designed to stop
extra equipment from being placed on it. Mike Dykes in foreground,
Brian Taylor sitting on the console in background.
- 85_202.jpg 1985
- 85_598.jpg 1985
- IBM PC 1985
- 85_982a.jpg 1985
- Pete James controlling FPS 164 1986
- FPS 164 1986
- FPS 164 1986
- GEC 4190 1986
- Martyn Guest with visitors 1987
- Martyn Guest demonstrating Intel iPSC 1987
- Martyn Guest demonstrating Intel iPSC 1987
- Martyn Guest demonstrating Intel iPSC 1987
- 87_0480.jpg 1987
- Ardent system unit 1989
- Meiko 1989
- FPS 264 1989
- Intel iPSC/2 1989
- Convex 220 1989
- Stardent users 1989 - Liz Towns and Nic Harrison
- David Bogg with ComputerVision CAD system 1989
- Rob Allan using Intel iPSC systems 1990
- Paul Sherwood with Silicon Graphics workstation 1990
- Richard Blake using Stardent graphics terminal with Convex in background 1990
- Rob Allan using Intel iPSC systems 1990
- Bill Purvis using Intel iPSC/860 1990
- Martyn Guest using iPSC/860 1990
- FPS 264 control console, tape drives and Convex in background 1990
- SRS control room 1990
- SRS control room 1990
- SRS control room 1990
- SRS control room 1990
- 91_1889.jpg 1991 - NSF Control Room
- 92_0755.jpg 1992 - Robin Tasker and Royd Whittington
- 93_62_11.jpg 1992 -
Prototype RF Cavity Control System for Pohang Light Source (PLS)
Test RF System, designed by DL SRS RF Group with PLS engineers. VME
Based system (68020) with interface to custom FPGA control
electronics. Pictured in RF Lab prior to shipping to Korea.
- 93_74_1.jpg 1993
- 93_0617_.jpg 1993
- 93_654_3.jpg 1993
- 93_804_2.jpg 1993 - Tony Buckley and Royd Whittington
- dl95_121.jpg 1995 - SRS
experimental station (the Data Acquisition room next to the
yellow painted interlocked X-Ray "hutch"). Believed to be one of the
Beamline 9 wiggler (hard X-ray) stations.
- dl96_350.jpg 1996
- Open day exhibits 1997
- Open day exhibits 1997
- Open day exhibits 1997
- dl97_9_1.jpg 1997 - SR
control room. Photo shows Stephen Hill with an A-Level
student. Early experiments on SRS Linac which developed into the
A-Level Particle Physics Masterclass.
- Beowulf II 2000 - PC based Beowulf cluster
- dlo1_50_.jpg 2001
- Prof. Ian Munro switches off the SRS control system for the last time 4/8/2008
