Description of Photograph

Digital copy of a photograph of an unfilled rack on LEO I, with the engineering console in the background.

Caption: 'Rack, unfilled, was to be filled with equipment to interface the STC gas tube converters and reconverters, later abandoned. [ms] 28.1.53'

This image appears in the interactive plan for our Virtual LEO I installation, p74.

 

Research comments: The almost empty carcass shown in this photograph gives an insight into how the racks were constructed to house LEO I's thousands of valves. The engineer's console in the background changes considerably over time, as the pioneers establish what they need to be able to monitor while the calculator is running. Under the console an oscilloscope sits on the floor; these scopes were a vital piece of equipment for the engineers. (LM)

Provenance
Digital copy made by John Daines, LEO Computers Society, of a photograph in the LEO Computers Collection (formerly part of the National Archive of Historic Computing) at the University of Manchester Library: NAHC/LEO/B1-34

Date: 28th January 1953

Physical Description: 1 digital image (jpeg); black & white; image includes original typed caption

Archives Hub References: CMLEO/LS/PH/1/61863
NAHCB1-34

Other References: DCMLEO20210214026
                  
                  
                  
                  


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