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Harvard cyclotron computer rack
Harvard cyclotron computer rack

Harvard cyclotron computer rack

Date1960-1980
Inventory Number2003-1-0293a
ClassificationStorage Rack
Subject
    Cultural Region
      Place of Use
        DimensionsNOT AVAILABLE
        Material
          Accessoriescommodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i)
          DescriptionCyclotron computer rack consists of three wooden shelves held between two vertical metal poles rising from either side of the square metal base platform (that acts as a fourth shelf). A metal crossbar connects the two poles at the top. There are various holes drilled into the two poles such that the placement of the shelves can be adjusted. Each shelf is held in place on the rack by a black metal plate with two screws on each side. Along the back of the right-hand pole are 15 power outlets, each covered with a square, black plastic plate. There is a black ON/OFF switch at the bottom.

          A computer monitor (2003-1-0293b) sits on the top shelf. A temperature monitor (2003-1-0293c) is fixed in between the two poles just underneath the top shelf. A pulse timer (2003-1-0293d) is screwed to the left pole just underneath the temperature monitor. The main systems unit of a computer, a keyboard, and a box of floppy discs (2003-1-0923e) sits on the second shelf from the top. A dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0293f) sits on the third shelf from the top. A box of printer paper (2003-1-0293i) fed into the printer above, and two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0293g, h) sit on the metal base platform of the rack.

          Various coils of cords and wires in black and grey insulation, emerging from the backs of the various devices, are bundled behind the rack. The base platform is raised slightly on four black wheels.

          A white sheet of paper with various commands hand-written in black ink is attached to the crossbeam at the top of the rack with a round black magnet.
          The commands are as follows:
          JOY DEVICE & RUM CODES 10/26/90 / OM1 Omega 1, internal pressure / AD1 AD592, " [internal] temp. / DI1 IN4004 diode / FW1 Fan West IC / PT 4 PTW 4 / CSI Current Source (10" [omega], AAA cell) / XR1 Xradin TI #186 / S device in source / D drift; device connected but no in source / I internal / M manually enterede data

          A yellow sticky note is attached to the front of the paper with the following commands hand-written in black ink:
          XR2 EXRADIN #187 / DI2 IN4004 diode
          Signedunsigned
          FunctionTo support, store, power, and organize various components of a Harvard Cyclotron laboratory monitoring and command station.

          The computer rack was used in service of the second Harvard University cyclotron. The first Harvard cyclotron, built in 1937, was disassembled and moved to Los Alamos in 1943. Richard Wilson, who worked on the Harvard cyclotrons for 47 years and documented a history of the laboratory, divides the life of the second Harvard cyclotron into three periods. The initial phase was composed of design and initial construction efforts, reaching operation at 90 MeV. During the second phase, from 1955 until 1967, the cyclotron energy was raised to 165 MeV. The third and final phase of the cyclotron, from 1967 until 2002, was largely devoted to medical treatment and research.

          A version of Wilson's history of the Harvard cyclotron laboratory is available online.
          Historical AttributesUsed in the Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory.
          Harvard cyclotron Panasonic dot matrix printer model Kx-P1080I and Turboprint
          Panasonic
          Date: circa 1985
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i); operating instructions manual (stored next to commodore video monitor on top shelf of computer rack)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293f
          Harvard cyclotron beamline magnet temperature monitor
          Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Date: 1980-1985
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293c
          Harvard cyclotron box of tractor-feed paper
          Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Date: circa 2000
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293i
          Commodore 64 computer and Commodore 1541 disk drive
          Commodore International
          Date: 1982-1985
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i); user's guide for commodore 64 with instructions for use, connections, installation, and service (stored next to the commodore video monitor on top shelf of computer rack); user's guide for commodore 1541 with instructions for use, maintenance, connection, installation, and service (stored next to the commodore video monitor on top shelf of computer rack); ten floppy discs stored in a cardboard box on top of external disk drive
          Object number: 2003-1-0293e
          Harvard Cyclotron pulse timer for current integrator
          Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Date: 1980-1985
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); two cyclotron lead bricks (2003-1-0239g, h); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293d
          Harvard cyclotron lead brick
          American
          Date: 1950-1980
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293g
          Harvard cyclotron lead brick
          American
          Date: 1950-1980
          Accessories: four-shelf computer rack (2003-1-0239a); commodore video monitor (2003-1-0239b); magnetic temperature monitor (2003-1-0239c); pulse timer (2003-1-0239d); Commodore computer, keyboard (2003-1-0239e); Panasonic dot-matrix printer (2003-1-0239f); cardboard box with printer paper (2003-1-0239i)
          Object number: 2003-1-0293h
          Leitz UK IV stand with UBM Greenough-type stereoscopic compound microscope
          Ernst Leitz (company)
          Date: circa 1935
          Accessories: eyepieces (2) G8x; other optical accessories, see 2003-1-0005b and 2003-1-0005c.
          Object number: 2003-1-0005a
          control console from Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory
          Date: 1947-2002
          Object number: 2003-1-0291
          Olympus Valox photomicroscope
          Olympus
          Date: 1980
          Accessories: eyepieces (2): WF10X; objectives (5): L60/.95 with collar, 400794, Plan 40x, 403587, Plan 20x, 405251, Plan 10x, 416546, Plan 4x, 41339; photo eyepiece (1): FK5X, 125; see also 2003-1-0044b and 2003-1-0044c
          Object number: 2003-1-0044a
          camera mount
          Carl Zeiss (Oberkochen)
          Date: circa 1960
          Accessories: spare viewfinder prism [2003-1-0011c]; camera [2003-1-0011b]
          Object number: 2003-1-0011a
          Exacta VX camera
          Ihagee Kamerawerk G.m.b.H.
          Date: circa 1960
          Accessories: camera mount [2003-1-0011a]; spare viewfinder prism [2003-1-0011c]
          Object number: 2003-1-0011b