CS Museum Catalog — items starting with M
MathLAN design document: Electrical plan for MathLAN server room in 1987 Noyce addition
Mon, 2010-02-08 14:39 — walkerDonor: John David Stone
Electrical plan for the server room in Noyce 202(?) (for the old MathLAN) outsourced to Raymond G. Alvine and Associates, Inc., Consulting Engineers by Woodburn and O'Neil, Architects dated November 24th, 1986. From Stone's "Local Area…
MathLAN design document: Northwest Area Foundation Grinnell College grant proposal
Mon, 2010-02-08 14:34 — walkerDonor: John David Stone
This is a proposal to the Northwest Area Foundation on part of Grinnell College for funding and consultation assistance to build a Local Area Network, submitted by Thomas F. Moberg in 1985. From Stone's "Local Area Networks"…
MathLAN design document: Official itemized requisition orders to the Office of the Treasurer for equipment purchase from Sun
Mon, 2010-02-08 18:01 — walkerDonor: John David Stone
Two requisition orders for equipment and licenses from Sun. Totals suggest that these don't account for the entire initial MathLAN purchase, but certainly for a substantial chunk, including the original 36 workstations and corresponding…
MathLAN design documents: "Questions for bidders"
Mon, 2010-02-08 17:33 — walkerDonor: John David Stone
After the Math department's initial proposal for the MathLAN, three equipment vendors (Sun, DEC, and IBM) were considered. This document, written by (?), is a detailed list of questions submitted by the Math faculty to these vendors to…
Memory boards from multi-user Wang calculator
Sun, 2010-02-07 16:32 — panjiabeDonor: David Coahran
Smaller board labeled F547, Wang Laboratories, Inc. Larger board labeled 5734, Wang Laboratories, Inc., board stamped with date November 10, 1968 (might say 1988) From Stone's notes: Memory boards from multi-user Wang calculator central computer…
Microcom AX/2400 MNP 4
Sun, 2010-03-21 00:30 — alabitolDonor: Anonymous
Microcom, Inc. was a major modem vendor during the 1980s, although they were never as popular as the "big three", Hayes, U.S. Robotics (USR) and Telebit. Nevertheless they hold an important place in modem history due to their introduction of the…
