The 1970s

Photos and Videos of Computing at Purdue

The photos and videos on this site have been collected or donated over many years. This includes historical and press photos, phots from personal collections, and photos from sources that are long forgotten. Where known, photo and video credit is noted.

Numerous people had the foresight to capture the daily activity of the people and systems that contributed to the success of the Computing Center and Purdue over the years. These photos and videos are from the collection of George Goble, Dennis Ernst, Tim Lange, Todd Turner, Purdue photographers, local news photographers, and others.

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MATH - Key Punches

July 1977 - MATH - 851 and 604 Tape Drives (Tim Lange)

July 1977 - MATH - Ground Floor South Door Entrance (Tim Lange)

July 1977 - MATH - Magnetic Tape Racks (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - FIrst PDP 11 (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - 604 Tape Drives (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - 844 Tape Drives (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - John Steele's TI Terminal (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - Console Room (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - CDC 6500 (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - Console Room (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - Drive PPUs, 851, and 604 Tape Drives (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - John Steele's T Silent 700 (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - Modcomps (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - Raj, student hanging tapes (Tim Lange)

August 1977 - MATH - RLD Rack (Tim Lange)

December 1977 - MATH - CDC 6500 Console (Tim Lange)

July 1978 - MATH - Jim Roberts waiting on printout on Saturday (Tim Lange)

July 1978 - MATH ground floor hallway, operator eating lunch (Tim Lange)

1970s - MATH - Machine Room (George Goble)

CDC DD60 - Baseball Game (George Goble)

1975 - MATH - CDC Cabinets (Dennis Ernst)

MATH - Console Room (George Goble)

MATH - CDC DD60 Console (George Goble)

MATH - CDC Dead Start Panel (George Goble)

1975 - MATH - System 560 Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC 6500 DD60 Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Cooling (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Deadstart Panel Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Wiring (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Memory and Cordwood Modules (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Panels (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Peripheral Controller (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Peripheral Controller (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC 854 Drives (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC 604 Tape Drives (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Card Reader and Paper Tape Reader (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Output Printer (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Loading Card Reader (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC 6500 DD60 Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Teletype Printers (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Calcomp 563 Plotter (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - IBM ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Chrono-Log System Clock (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Loading an IBM 723 Tape Drive (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - IBM ?? (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - IBM 723 Tape Drives (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - IBM 7094 Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Operator at the 7094 Console (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - CDC Equipment in Machine Room (Dennis Ernst)

1978 - Hanging Tapes (Purdue Engineer)

1975 - MATH - Machine Room (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Machine Room and Output Bins (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - Output Bins (Dennis Ernst)

1975 - MATH - ?? (Dennis Ernst)

MATH - George Goble at CDC DD60 Console (George Goble)

MATH - IBM 7094 Memory (George Goble)

MATH - IBM 7094 Consoles (George Goble)

MATH - IBM 7094 Systems (George Goble)

MATH - Ken Adams at CDC DD60 Console - Lighting His Pipe (George Goble)

ENAD - Card Punches - 1970s

MATH Data Center - 1970s

MATH Data Center - Modcomp (George Goble)

MATH Data Center (George Goble)

CDC DD60 Console (George Goble)

1978 - Stewart Center site (Purdue Libraries)

1978 - Regent 20 Terminal (ENAD?) (Purdue Libraries)

1971 - New Key Punches Installed in ENAD (Purdue Exponent)

1970s (MATH) - The computer room in the Mathematical Sciences Building at Purdue University (Purdue Libraries)

1971 (?) (MATH) - Jeff Schwab sits in front of the Mobil machine (donated by Mobil Oil in 1971). As a software specialist, Schwab developed UNIX workstation software in the early days of the EE network. (Purdue LIbraries)

1970s - Computer Center in ENAD (Purdue Libraries)

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