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Vol. CLXVII (167), June 1962, No. 6
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Primera Generación
En esta generación había una gran desconocimiento de las capacidades de las computadoras, puesto que se realizó un estudio en esta época que determinó que con veinte computadoras se saturaría el mercado de los Estados Unidos en el campo de procesamiento de datos.
Esta generación abarco la década de los cincuenta. Y se conoce como la primera generación. Estas máquinas tenían las siguientes características:
* Estas máquinas estaban construidas por medio de tubos de vacío.
* Eran programadas en lenguaje de máquina.
En esta generación las máquinas son grandes y costosas (de un costo aproximado de ciento de miles de dólares).
En 1951 aparece la UNIVAC (NIVersAl Computer), fue la primera computadora comercial, que disponía de mil palabras de memoria central y podían leer cintas magnéticas, se utilizó para procesar el censo de 1950 en los Estados Unidos.
En las dos primeras generaciones, las unidades de entrada utilizaban tarjetas perforadas, retomadas por Herman Hollerith (1860 - 1929), quien además fundó una compañía que con el paso del tiempo se conocería como IBM (International Bussines Machines).
Después se desarrolló por IBM la IBM 701 de la cual se entregaron 18 unidades entre 1953 y 1957.
Posteriormente, la compañía Remington Rand fabricó el modelo 1103, que competía con la 701 en el campo científico, por lo que la IBM desarrollo la 702, la cual presentó problemas en memoria, debido a esto no duró en el mercado.
La computadora más exitosa de la primera generación fue la IBM 650, de la cual se produjeron varios cientos. Esta computadora que usaba un esquema de memoria secundaria llamado tambor magnético, que es el antecesor de los discos actuales.
Otros modelos de computadora que se pueden situar en los inicios de la segunda generación son: la UNIVAC 80 y 90, las IBM 704 y 709, Burroughs 220 y UNIVAC 1105.
Segunda Generación
Cerca de la década de 1960, las computadoras seguían evolucionando, se reducía su tamaño y crecía su capacidad de procesamiento. También en esta época se empezó a definir la forma de comunicarse con las computadoras, que recibía el nombre de programación de sistemas.
Las características de la segunda generación son las siguientes:
* Están construidas con circuitos de transistores.
* Se programan en nuevos lenguajes llamados lenguajes de alto nivel.
En esta generación las computadoras se reducen de tamaño y son de menor costo. Aparecen muchas compañías y las computadoras eran bastante avanzadas para su época como la serie 5000 de Burroughs y la ATLAS de la Universidad de Manchester.
Algunas de estas computadoras se programaban con cintas perforadas y otras más por medio de cableado en un tablero. Los programas eran hechos a la medida por un equipo de expertos: analistas, diseñadores, programadores y operadores que se manejaban como una orquesta para resolver los problemas y cálculos solicitados por la administración. El usuario final de la información no tenía contacto directo con las computadoras. Esta situación en un principio se produjo en las primeras computadoras personales, pues se requería saberlas "programar" (alimentarle instrucciones) para obtener resultados; por lo tanto su uso estaba limitado a aquellos audaces pioneros que gustaran de pasar un buen número de horas escribiendo instrucciones, "corriendo" el programa resultante y verificando y corrigiendo los errores o bugs que aparecieran. Además, para no perder el "programa" resultante había que "guardarlo" (almacenarlo) en una grabadora de astte, pues en esa época no había discos flexibles y mucho menos discos duros para las PC; este procedimiento podía tomar de 10 a 45 minutos, según el programa. El panorama se modificó totalmente con la aparición de las computadoras personales con mejore circuitos, más memoria, unidades de disco flexible y sobre todo con la aparición de programas de aplicación general en donde el usuario compra el programa y se pone a trabajar. Aparecen los programas procesadores de palabras como el célebre Word Star, la impresionante hoja de cálculo (spreadsheet) Visicalc y otros más que de la noche a la mañana cambian la imagen de la PC. El sortware empieza a tratar de alcanzar el paso del hardware. Pero aquí aparece un nuevo elemento: el usuario.
El usuario de las computadoras va cambiando y evolucionando con el tiempo. De estar totalmente desconectado a ellas en las máquinas grandes pasa la PC a ser pieza clave en el diseño tanto del hardware como del software. Aparece el concepto de human interface que es la relación entre el usuario y su computadora. Se habla entonces de hardware ergonómico (adaptado a las dimensiones humanas para reducir el cansancio), diseños de pantallas antirreflejos y teclados que descansen la muñeca. Con respecto al software se inicia una verdadera carrera para encontrar la manera en que el usuario pase menos tiempo capacitándose y entrenándose y más tiempo produciendo. Se ponen al alcance programas con menús (listas de opciones) que orientan en todo momento al usuario (con el consiguiente aburrimiento de los usuarios expertos); otros programas ofrecen toda una artillería de teclas de control y teclas de funciones (atajos) para efectuar toda suerte de efectos en el trabajo (con la consiguiente desorientación de los usuarios novatos). Se ofrecen un sinnúmero de cursos prometiendo que en pocas semanas hacen de cualquier persona un experto en los programas comerciales. Pero el problema "constante" es que ninguna solución para el uso de los programas es "constante". Cada nuevo programa requiere aprender nuevos controles, nuevos trucos, nuevos menús. Se empieza a sentir que la relación usuario-PC no está acorde con los desarrollos del equipo y de la potencia de los programas. Hace falta una relación amistosa entre el usuario y la PC.
Las computadoras de esta generación fueron: la Philco 212 (esta compañía se retiró del mercado en 1964) y la UNIVAC M460, la Control Data Corporation modelo 1604, seguida por la serie 3000, la IBM mejoró la 709 y sacó al mercado la 7090, la National Cash Register empezó a producir máquinas para proceso de datos de tipo comercial, introdujo el modelo NCR 315.
La Radio Corporation of America introdujo el modelo 501, que manejaba el lenguaje COBOL, para procesos administrativos y comerciales. Después salió al mercado la RCA 601.
Tercera generación
Con los progresos de la electrónica y los avances de comunicación con las computadoras en la década de los 1960, surge la tercera generación de las computadoras. Se inaugura con la IBM 360 en abril de 1964.3
Las características de esta generación fueron las siguientes:
* Su fabricación electrónica esta basada en circuitos integrados.
* Su manejo es por medio de los lenguajes de control de los sistemas operativos.
La IBM produce la serie 360 con los modelos 20, 22, 30, 40, 50, 65, 67, 75, 85, 90, 195 que utilizaban técnicas especiales del procesador, unidades de cinta de nueve canales, paquetes de discos magnéticos y otras características que ahora son estándares (no todos los modelos usaban estas técnicas, sino que estaba dividido por aplicaciones).
El sistema operativo de la serie 360, se llamó OS que contaba con varias configuraciones, incluía un conjunto de técnicas de manejo de memoria y del procesador que pronto se convirtieron en estándares.
En 1964 CDC introdujo la serie 6000 con la computadora 6600 que se consideró durante algunos años como la más rápida.
En la década de 1970, la IBM produce la serie 370 (modelos 115, 125, 135, 145, 158, 168). UNIVAC compite son los modelos 1108 y 1110, máquinas en gran escala; mientras que CDC produce su serie 7000 con el modelo 7600. Estas computadoras se caracterizan por ser muy potentes y veloces.
A finales de esta década la IBM de su serie 370 produce los modelos 3031, 3033, 4341. Burroughs con su serie 6000 produce los modelos 6500 y 6700 de avanzado diseño, que se reemplazaron por su serie 7000. Honey - Well participa con su computadora DPS con varios modelos.
A mediados de la década de 1970, aparecen en el mercado las computadoras de tamaño mediano, o minicomputadoras que no son tan costosas como las grandes (llamadas también como mainframes que significa también, gran sistema), pero disponen de gran capacidad de procesamiento. Algunas minicomputadoras fueron las siguientes: la PDP - 8 y la PDP - 11 de Digital Equipment Corporation, la VAX (Virtual Address eXtended) de la misma compañía, los modelos NOVA y ECLIPSE de Data General, la serie 3000 y 9000 de Hewlett - Packard con varios modelos el 36 y el 34, la Wang y Honey - Well -Bull, Siemens de origen alemán, la ICL fabricada en Inglaterra. En la Unión Soviética se utilizó la US (Sistema Unificado, Ryad) que ha pasado por varias generaciones.
Cuarta Generación
Aquí aparecen los microprocesadores que es un gran adelanto de la microelectrónica, son circuitos integrados de alta densidad y con una velocidad impresionante. Las microcomputadoras con base en estos circuitos son extremadamente pequeñas y baratas, por lo que su uso se extiende al mercado industrial. Aquí nacen las computadoras personales que han adquirido proporciones enormes y que han influido en la sociedad en general sobre la llamada "revolución informática".
En 1976 Steve Wozniak y Steve Jobs inventan la primera microcomputadora de uso masivo y más tarde forman la compañía conocida como la Apple que fue la segunda compañía más grande del mundo, antecedida tan solo por IBM; y esta por su parte es aún de las cinco compañías más grandes del mundo.
En 1981 se vendieron 800 00 computadoras personales, al siguiente subió a 1 400 000. Entre 1984 y 1987 se vendieron alrededor de 60 millones de computadoras personales, por lo que no queda duda que su impacto y penetración han sido enormes.
Con el surgimiento de las computadoras personales, el software y los sistemas que con ellas de manejan han tenido un considerable avance, porque han hecho más interactiva la comunicación con el usuario. Surgen otras aplicaciones como los procesadores de palabra, las hojas electrónicas de cálculo, paquetes gráficos, etc. También las industrias del Software de las computadoras personales crece con gran rapidez, Gary Kildall y William Gates se dedicaron durante años a la creación de sistemas operativos y métodos para lograr una utilización sencilla de las microcomputadoras (son los creadores de CP/M y de los productos de Microsoft).
No todo son microcomputadoras, por su puesto, las minicomputadoras y los grandes sistemas continúan en desarrollo. De hecho las máquinas pequeñas rebasaban por mucho la capacidad de los grandes sistemas de 10 o 15 años antes, que requerían de instalaciones costosas y especiales, pero sería equivocado suponer que las grandes computadoras han desaparecido; por el contrario, su presencia era ya ineludible en prácticamente todas las esferas de control gubernamental, militar y de la gran industria. Las enormes computadoras de las series CDC, CRAY, Hitachi o IBM por ejemplo, eran capaces de atender a varios cientos de millones de operaciones por segundo.
Quinta Generación
En vista de la acelerada marcha de la microelectrónica, la sociedad industrial se ha dado a la tarea de poner también a esa altura el desarrollo del software y los sistemas con que se manejan las computadoras. Surge la competencia internacional por el dominio del mercado de la computación, en la que se perfilan dos líderes que, sin embargo, no han podido alcanzar el nivel que se desea: la capacidad de comunicarse con la computadora en un lenguaje más cotidiano y no a través de códigos o lenguajes de control especializados.
Japón lanzó en 1983 el llamado "programa de la quinta generación de computadoras", con los objetivos explícitos de producir máquinas con innovaciones reales en los criterios mencionados. Y en los Estados Unidos ya está en actividad un programa en desarrollo que persigue objetivos semejantes, que pueden resumirse de la siguiente manera:
* Procesamiento en paralelo mediante arquitecturas y diseños especiales y circuitos de gran velocidad.
* Manejo de lenguaje natural y sistemas de inteligencia artificial.
El futuro previsible de la computación es muy interesante, y se puede esperar que esta ciencia siga siendo objeto de atención prioritaria de gobiernos y de la sociedad en conjunto.
DESCRIPTION
This is one of the first successful printouts of a program written in the computer programming language COBOL. After COBOL was proposed and described in 1959, programmers at Remington Rand Univac and at RCA wrote compilers that translated COBOL commands into machine language. They also wrote test programs to demonstrate the language. Like later COBOL programs , this one was divided into four sections.
The first identified the program and gave the name of the programmer. The second section, called the environment division, presented information about the specific machine used, such as the computer model, and locations to be used for different files. The third, or procedure, division was independent of the computer. It gave a series of statements about what the machine was to do. Although commands resemble ordinary English, the words used had very specific definitions and equations could be written using mathematical symbols. Finally, the data division defined the information to be processed. This data was entered so that it could be used in several programs, as in later database management systems. Successfully compiling a program produced a printout with each of these sections, as well as a listing of the desired results.
This printout of the first successful COBOL compilation at RCA relates to inventory control. One page is marked in ink: Good output – 8/17/60 (/) (isn’t it beautiful) (/) not really [the not really is crossed out] (/) well almost.
LOCATION
Currently not on view
OBJECT NAME
documentation
DATE MADE
1960
MAKER
RCA Corporation
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
paper (overall material)
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 11 1/2 in x 16 in x 1 in; 29.21 cm x 40.64 cm x 2.54 cm
PLACE MADE
United States: New Jersey, Cherry Hill
ID NUMBER
2010.3050.1
CATALOG NUMBER
2010.3050.1
NONACCESSION NUMBER
2010.3050
SUBJECT
COBOL
Computers & Business Machines
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COBOL
DATA SOURCE
National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
CREDIT LINE
Courtesy of Howard Bromberg
americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_138...
Vol. CLXXV (175), June 1970, No. 6
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In the 1960s, the Soviet Navy's switch to nuclear-powered submarines that could hide beneath the waves indefinitely rendered existing US Navy antisubmarine warfare (ASW) assets, such as the Grumman S-2 Tracker carrier-based sub hunter, increasingly ineffective. In late 1966, after two years of consideration, the Navy issued a requirement for a new, more capable carrier-based ASW aircraft under the "VSX" program. A team led by Lockheed beat a Grumman-led team, with the Lockheed team awarded a contract in August 1969 for development of the VSX as the twin-turbofan "S-3A".
The Lockheed team also included Ling-Temco-Vought (LTV) and Univac Federal Systems. LTV was particularly important in the partnership, since Lockheed didn't have much experience in building carrier-based aircraft and needed LTV's assistance to do the job. LTV built the engine pods, landing gear, tail assembly and wings; Univac put together the ASW electronics suite; Lockheed built the fuselage, and performed final integration and test of all aircraft elements.
The initial contract specified delivery of two static-test aircraft, six (later eight) flight prototypes, and modification of a Lockheed P-3 Orion sub-hunter to test the S-3A avionics suite. The development program was highly structured, with the Navy stepping Lockheed through a sequence of checkpoints and milestones. Lockheed's development of the Air Force C-5 Galaxy transport had been troublesome, though USAF procurement bungles had played a role in the difficulties, and the Navy wanted to make sure things stayed on track.
The first "YS-3A" prototype performed its initial flight on 21 January 1972, with Lockheed test pilots John Christiansen and Lyle Scheafer as pilot and copilot respectively. Things went well, leading to award of a Navy contract for the first production batch of S-3As in April 1972. Carrier qualifications began in November 1973. The S-3A, by this time formally named "Viking", began Navy service with training squadron VS-41 at NAS North Island, San Diego, California, on 20 February 1974. This led to introduction to operational service with squadron VS-21 in 1977. By modern standards, the Viking development program was an outstanding success, taking less than nine years to go from contract award to operational service.
* The S-3A was a compact aircraft, designed to be an efficient load carrier, not a high-performance machine. It had a high swept wing and a conventional swept tail arrangement. Each wing mounted a General Electric TF34-400 turbofan with 41.3 kN (4,210 kgp / 9,275 lbf) thrust, similar to the TF34 engine used by the Fairchild A-10 Warthog close-support aircraft. Early S-3A production featured the TF34-2 variant, with the same power levels but not as reliable. The TF34s provided plenty of thrust and excellent fuel economy.
The Viking's wings folded up hydraulically outboard of the engines for carrier deck storage, with the wing fold angles slightly staggered so the wings would overlap each other in a "crossed arms" arrangement. All the Viking's internal fuel was stored in the wings between the wing folds. The tailfin hinged down to the left for carrier hangar-deck clearance. Each wing had a leading-edge sweep of 15 degrees, and featured a leading-edge flap outboard of the engines; a wide-span single slotted rear-edge flap inboard of the aileron; a set of spoilers on top of the wing; and a spoiler / airbrake under the wing. Tail flight control surfaces were conventional. There were trim tabs on both ailerons and elevator surfaces.
Four crew were carried in a pressurized cockpit, with all four facing forward in a 2-by-2 arrangement. The pilot was in the left forward seat; the copilot sat in the right forward seat; a "sensor operator (SENSO)" sat in the left rear seat; and a "tactical coordinator (TACCO)" sat in the right rear seat. Cockpit indicators were generally analog. The pilot and copilot had stick instead of yoke controls. All four crew sat on McDonnell Douglas Escapac E-1 "zero-zero (zero altitude zero speed)" ejection seats. The pilot and copilot positions featured extensive cockpit glazing, but there was only a tinted "postage stamp" window on each side of the fuselage for the back-seaters, to permit them to concentrate on their display systems. The crew entered through a small door at the rear of the cockpit, which opened downward on the right side of the fuselage, with the door featuring built-in steps. Since the door was clearly a tight fit, the canopy side windows could be jettisoned to allow the crew to climb out in a hurry if the need arose.
A midair refueling probe could be extended from a port directly above the windshield. The Viking had tricycle landing gear, with single wheel main gear retracting in and back into the fuselage, plus twin-wheel nose gear that retracted backwards and also provided a catapult attachment. As mentioned, LTV built the landing gear: the nose gear was derived from that of the A-7 Corsair II, while the main gear was derived from that of the F-8 Crusader. A yoke-style arresting hook was fitted under the rear fuselage.
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Vol. CLXVIII (168), October 1963, No. 10
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Vol. CLXX (170), February 1965, No. 2
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With the aging of the Grumman S-2 Tracker and the increasing effectiveness of Soviet submarines, the US Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based ASW aircraft. Lockheed won the contract, partnering with LTV to design carrier-specific equipment and Univac to design the ASW suite. The resulting S-3A Viking first flew in January 1972 and entered the fleet in February 1974.
While the S-2 integrated the hunter-killer team concept into a single airframe, the S-3 went one step further by completely computerizing the sub-hunting process, integrating the entire sensor suite into one system rather than in several as on the S-2. Initially, this employed a Univac AN/AYK-10 computer served by Texas Instruments AN/APS-116 radar and AN/ASQ-81 MAD sensor in a retractable tail boom. Flown by a crew of four, the S-3’s interior was so efficient that one aviation writer described it as the most compactly designed aircraft in history.
The S-3A--nicknamed "Hoover" for the sound of its engines-- acquired a reputation for being a reliable, easy to fly aircraft, and spawned a number of variants, including the US-3A carrier-onboard delivery (COD) transport aircraft and the ES-3A Shadow Elint variant. A dedicated KS-3A tanker never went into production, but S-3s were increasingly equipped with buddy refuelling packs. When the KA-6D Intruder dedicated tanker was retired from the US Navy in the mid-1990s, the S-3 took over the role, though its relatively slow speed meant it could not accompany strikes into enemy territory. Despite that, the S-3 always had the capability to carry not only antisubmarine ordnance such as torpedoes and depth charges, but also bombs and later the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile and AGM-65 Maverick AGM. The S-3’s antiship capability was used in both Gulf Wars: in 1991, a S-3 sank an Iraqi attack boat with conventional bombs, while in 2003 a S-3 destroyed an Iraqi command post with a Maverick in Basra.
Beginning in 1991, the S-3As in service were modified to S-3B standard, with upgraded avionics and a new APS-127V synthetic-aperature radar, giving the S-3B a significant ship-detection and SAR capability as well. Though the ES-3A was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s, several S-3Bs were converted to littorial reconnaissance (Gray Wolf) and ground surveillance (Brown Boy) roles. With the reduction of submarine threats to the US Navy, the S-3 fleet is being gradually retired; those remaining in service have had their ASW equipment removed and serve primarily as tankers. Their role has been largely replaced by the SH-60B/F Seahawk series, and, aside from a handful of test aircraft, the S-3 was retired in 2009.
This particular S-3B is Bureau Number 159731, which entered service sometime in the 1980s. Its history is obscure until 2000, when it flew with VS-29 ("Dragonfires") aboard USS Carl Vinson; in 2004, it was transferred to VS-41 ("Shamrocks") at NAS North Island, California. In 2006, it was withdrawn from service and donated to Patriots Point and the USS Yorktown.
When I took this picture in 2014 aboard the USS Yorktown, the museum foundation was in the middle of repainting it, hence its worn condition (note also the rust on the deck; the humid South Carolina climate is hell on preserved ships and aircraft). The "S" above the aircraft number indicates that the squadron was given an award by the US Navy for safety.
This compiling routine A-0 was developed by Grace Hopper and her colleagues in 1952 at Remington-Rand UNIVAC in Philadelphia. The compilers were methods that made it easier to program mainframe computers. Not only were their ideas a personal expression of how they could speed data processing, compilers would over time find use in millions of individual computing devices.
The National Museum of American History (NMAH), administered by the Smithsonian Institute, collects, preserves and displays American heritage in the areas of social, political, cultural, scientific and military history. The museum, which first opened in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology, is located on the National Mall in one of the last structures designed by McKim, Mead & White. It was renamed in 1980, and closed for a 2-year, $85 million renovation by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP from 2006 to 2008.
The Smithsonian Institution, an educational and research institute and associated museum complex, administered and funded by the government of the United States and by funds from its endowment, contributions, and profits from its shops and its magazines, was established in 1846. Although concentrated in Washington DC, its collection of over 136 million items is spread through 19 museums, a zoo, and nine research centers from New York to Panama.
In August 1957, the U.S. Navy called for replacement proposals for the piston engined Lockheed P2V Neptune (later redesignated P-2) and Martin P5M Marlin (later redesignated P-5) with a more advanced aircraft to conduct maritime patrol and anti-submarine warfare. Modifying an existing aircraft was expected to save on cost and allow rapid introduction into the fleet. Lockheed suggested a military version of their L-188 Electra, which was still in development and had yet to fly. In April 1958, Lockheed won the competition and was awarded an initial research and development contract in May.[4]
The first Orion prototype was a converted Lockheed Electra.
The prototype YP3V-1/YP-3A, Bureau Number (BuNo) 148276 was modified from the third Electra airframe c/n 1003.[5] The first flight of the aircraft's aerodynamic prototype, originally designated YP3V-1, was on 19 August 1958. While based on the same design philosophy as the Lockheed L-188 Electra, the aircraft was structurally different. The aircraft had 7 feet (2.1 m) less fuselage forward of the wings with an opening bomb bay, and a more pointed nose radome, distinctive tail "stinger" for detection of submarines by magnetic anomaly detector, wing hardpoints, and other internal, external, and airframe production technique enhancements.[4] The Orion has four Allison T56 turboprops which give it a top speed of 411 knots (761 km/h; 473 mph) comparable to the fastest propeller fighters, or even slow high-bypass turbofan jets such as the Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II or the Lockheed S-3 Viking. Similar patrol aircraft include the Soviet Ilyushin Il-38, the French Breguet Atlantique and the British jet-powered Hawker Siddeley Nimrod based on the de Havilland Comet.
The first production version, designated P3V-1, was launched on 15 April 1961. Initial squadron deliveries to Patrol Squadron Eight (VP-8) and Patrol Squadron Forty Four (VP-44) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Maryland began in August 1962. On 18 September 1962, the U.S. military transitioned to a unified designation system for all services, with the aircraft being renamed the P-3 Orion.[4] Paint schemes have changed from early 1960s gloss blue and white, to mid-1960s gloss white and gray, to mid-1990s flat finish low visibility gray with fewer and smaller markings. In the early 2000s, the scheme changed to a gloss gray finish with the original full-size color markings. Large size Bureau Numbers on the vertical stabilizer and squadron designations on the fuselage remained omitted.[6]
Further developments[edit]
P-3 Orions from Japan, Canada, Australia, Republic of Korea and the United States at MCAS Kaneohe Bay during RIMPAC 2010.
In 1963, the U.S. Navy Bureau of Weapons (BuWeps) contracted Univac Defense Systems Division of Sperry-Rand to engineer, build and test a digital computer (then in its infancy) to interface with the many sensors and newly developing display units of the P-3 Orion. Project A-NEW was the engineering system which, after several early trials, produced the engineering prototype, the CP-823/U, Univac 1830, Serial A-1, A-NEW MOD3 Computing System. The CP-823/U was delivered to the Naval Air Development Center (NADC) at Johnsville, Pennsylvania in 1965, and directly led to the production computers later equipped on the P-3C Orion.[7]
Three civilian Electras were lost in fatal accidents between February 1959 and March 1960. Following the third crash the FAA restricted the maximum speed of Electras until the cause could be determined. After an extensive investigation, two of the crashes (in September 1959 and March 1960) were found to be caused by insufficiently strong engine mounts, unable to damp a whirling motion that could affect the outboard engines. When the oscillation was transmitted to the wings, a severe vertical vibration escalated until the wings were torn from the aircraft.[8][9] The company implemented an expensive modification program, labelled the Lockheed Electra Achievement Program or LEAP, in which the engine mounts and wing structures supporting the mounts were strengthened, and some wing skins replaced with thicker material. All the surviving Electras of the 145 built at that time were modified at Lockheed's expense at the factory, the modifications taking 20 days for each aircraft. The changes were incorporated in subsequent aircraft as they were built.[8]
Sales of airliners were limited as the technical fix did not completely erase the "jinxed" reputation, turboprop-powered aircraft were soon replaced by faster jets.[10] In a military role where fuel efficiency was more valued than speed, the Orion has been in service over 50 years after its 1962 introduction. Although surpassed in production longevity by the Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 734 P-3s were produced through 1990.[2][11] Lockheed Martin opened a new P-3 wing production line in 2008 as part of its Service Life Extension Program (ASLEP) for delivery in 2010. A complete ASLEP replaces the outer wings, center wing lower section and horizontal stabilizers with newly built parts.[12]
In the 1990s, during a U.S. Navy attempt to identify a successor aircraft to the P-3, the improved P-7 was selected over a navalized variant of the twin turbofan-powered Boeing 757, but this program was subsequently cancelled. In a second program to procure a successor, the advanced Lockheed Martin Orion 21, another P-3 derived aircraft, lost out to the Boeing P-8 Poseidon, a Boeing 737 variant, which entered service in 2013.
Club Alpha F.C vs Albinegros de Orizaba Grupo III Tercera División Profesional
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Puebla., Puebla a 10 de Noviembre 2012
ALPHA FC SIGUE SU PASO ASCENDENTE EN TERCERA DIVISIÓN; GOLEA 5-1 A ALBINEGROS
Con una contundente actuación en el segundo lapso donde de la ofensiva se destapó con cuatro anotaciones, el Alpha FC superó 5 goles por 1 a los Albinegros de Orizaba para sumar su quinto triunfo al hilo y meterse de lleno a la pelea por el liderato del grupo III de la Tercera División Profesional.
En lo que fue la actividad de la fecha 12 del Torneo, el equipo albiazul mostró las dos caras de la moneda, porque en el primer tiempo estuvo por debajo del nivel acostumbrado y en el segundo fueron necesarios los ajustes para lograr la victoria que lo ratifica como la escuadra con la mejor ofensiva y defensiva.
Desde los primeros minutos del partido celebrado en la cancha del Alpha 3, los blanquiazules buscaron imponer su estilo de juego para pronto encontrar el arco rival, situación que se dio en el minuto 10, con un certero cabezazo del capitán Jorge Gutiérrez a un tiro de esquina por el costado izquierdo.
El gol parecía ser el arranque de una cosecha importante en el primer tiempo, sin embargo los orizabeños se reagruparon y complicaron el accionar de Alpha FC que pese a mover el esférico, no pudo romper la zaga visitante.
Albinegros tomó confianza y en la recta final del primer tiempo, justo en el minuto 40, halló el gol del empate en una jugada similar, es decir en un tiro de esquina Guillermo Saucedo en medio del área chica se levantó entre la defensa para rematar con la cabeza y batir al portero local.
Para la parte complementaria, el Alpha FC reaccionó volvió a tomar la batuta del encuentro, no solo para anular por completo al rival, sino para ser contundente e incrementar la ventaja, primero al minuto 52 por medio de Jorge Gutiérrez quien cobró un tiro libre de manera magistral, sin dar oportunidad al guardameta de detener el obús y marcar su segundo gol del encuentro.
Minutos más adelante, al 57, José Meléndez desbordó por la banda derecha hasta llegar a línea final donde mandó un servicio que el portero rival no pudo detener dejando a plenitud el balón a Manuel Pérez quien se encargó de empujarlo y poner el 3-1.
Albinegros no aguantó más los embates del Alpha FC y cedió en dos ocasiones más, al minuto 63 y 77 con las anotaciones de Baldemar Flores y de Eddy Ángeles, respectivamente, con lo que se redondeó la victoria de 5-1.
Incluso en tiempo de compensación Jordan Alvarado erró un penal que el árbitro central marcó y que pudo significar el sexto en la cuenta del Alpha; sin embargo el cobrador mandó el balón al poste y en el contrarremate volvió a fallar.
Con este resultado y a la espera de lo que este domingo hagan Chivas Anlesjeroka en su compromiso contra Univac Mazatepec y Zacatepec contra Cuatla Unila, el Alpha FC se coloca a la delantera del grupo III de la tercera división con marca de siete victorias (cinco al hilo), tres empates y solo una derrota; tiene 45 goles a favor, nueve en contra, diferencia de más 36 y 24 puntos.
En su próximo encuentro, los pupilos de Fernando Martínez visitarán a Deportivo Tehuixtla dentro de la fecha 13 y en dos semanas más adelante enfrentará como local en la cancha del Alpha 3 a Cuautla Unila, en un duelo que podría significar el ingreso de lleno del equipo albiazul a la lucha por el liderato del grupo cuando se acerca el final de la primera vuelta y de la actividad en el 2012.
Alineaciones:
Alpha FC: Yoshio Nájera, Jorge Gutiérrez, Christian Cuellas, Erick Tlacomulco, José Meléndez, Baldemar Flores, Iván Arenas, Manuel Pérez, Iván Ayala, Luis Rojas y Francisco Morquecho.
Cambios: Jordan Alvarado por Iván Ayala, Luis Pérez por Francisco Morquecho y Eddy Ángeles por José Meléndez.
Albinegros: César Hernández, Erick Romano, Christian Flores, Christopher Sangabriel, José Otero, Brayan Benítez, Gustavo Albuquerque, Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Guillermo Saucedo, Hiram Alvarado y Sergio Hernández.
Cambios: Diego Loeza por Christopher Sangabriel y Jesús Loyo por Christian Flores.
With the aging of the Grumman S-2 Tracker and the increasing effectiveness of Soviet submarines, the US Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based ASW aircraft. Lockheed won the contract, partnering with LTV to design carrier-specific equipment and Univac to design the ASW suite. The resulting S-3A Viking first flew in January 1972 and entered the fleet in February 1974.
While the S-2 integrated the hunter-killer team concept into a single airframe, the S-3 went one step further by completely computerizing the sub-hunting process, integrating the entire sensor suite into one system rather than in several as on the S-2. Initially, this employed a Univac AN/AYK-10 computer served by Texas Instruments AN/APS-116 radar and AN/ASQ-81 MAD sensor in a retractable tail boom. Flown by a crew of four, the S-3’s interior was so efficient that one aviation writer described it as the most compactly designed aircraft in history.
The S-3A--nicknamed "Hoover" for the sound of its engines-- acquired a reputation for being a reliable, easy to fly aircraft, and spawned a number of variants, including the US-3A carrier-onboard delivery (COD) transport aircraft and the ES-3A Shadow Elint variant. A dedicated KS-3A tanker never went into production, but S-3s were increasingly equipped with buddy refuelling packs. When the KA-6D Intruder dedicated tanker was retired from the US Navy in the mid-1990s, the S-3 took over the role, though its relatively slow speed meant it could not accompany strikes into enemy territory. Despite that, the S-3 always had the capability to carry not only antisubmarine ordnance such as torpedoes and depth charges, but also bombs and later the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile and AGM-65 Maverick AGM. The S-3’s antiship capability was used in both Gulf Wars: in 1991, a S-3 sank an Iraqi attack boat with conventional bombs, while in 2003 a S-3 destroyed an Iraqi command post with a Maverick in Basra.
Beginning in 1991, the S-3As in service were modified to S-3B standard, with upgraded avionics and a new APS-127V synthetic-aperature radar, giving the S-3B a significant ship-detection and SAR capability as well. Though the ES-3A was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s, several S-3Bs were converted to littorial reconnaissance (Gray Wolf) and ground surveillance (Brown Boy) roles. With the reduction of submarine threats to the US Navy, the S-3 fleet is being gradually retired; those remaining in service have had their ASW equipment removed and serve primarily as tankers. Their role has been largely replaced by the SH-60B/F Seahawk series, and, aside from a handful of test aircraft, the S-3 was retired in 2009.
159743 joined the Navy in 1976 as part of VS-28 ("Hukkers"), but served most of its career with VS-24 ("Scouts") off the USS Nimitz (CVN-68). 159743 was with VS-24 in 1991 during the First Gulf War when it became the first S-3 to drop bombs in anger over a land target, when the squadron struck Iraqi positions on the Kuwaiti coast. In 1993, it was transferred to the Navy's test establishment and was retired from VX-20 at NAS Patuxent River, Maryland in 1999. Returned to Lockheed, it was used in airframe fatigue tests at the Lockheed Marietta plant. In 2010, 159743 was donated to the Marietta Museum of History's airpark.
159743 is missing its engines and looks a little worn, but it's good to see that the first S-3 to see combat has been saved. It wears the overall light gray scheme carried by "Hoovers" in the last decade of their career; the "Force" tail emblem is a carryover from VX-20. It is displayed with wings folded.
With the aging of the Grumman S-2 Tracker and the increasing effectiveness of Soviet submarines, the US Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based ASW aircraft. Lockheed won the contract, partnering with LTV to design carrier-specific equipment and Univac to design the ASW suite. The resulting S-3A Viking first flew in January 1972 and entered the fleet in February 1974.
While the S-2 integrated the hunter-killer team concept into a single airframe, the S-3 went one step further by completely computerizing the sub-hunting process, integrating the entire sensor suite into one system rather than in several as on the S-2. Initially, this employed a Univac AN/AYK-10 computer served by Texas Instruments AN/APS-116 radar and AN/ASQ-81 MAD sensor in a retractable tail boom. Flown by a crew of four, the S-3’s interior was so efficient that one aviation writer described it as the most compactly designed aircraft in history.
The S-3A--nicknamed "Hoover" for the sound of its engines-- acquired a reputation for being a reliable, easy to fly aircraft, and spawned a number of variants, including the US-3A carrier-onboard delivery (COD) transport aircraft and the ES-3A Shadow Elint variant. A dedicated KS-3A tanker never went into production, but S-3s were increasingly equipped with buddy refuelling packs. When the KA-6D Intruder dedicated tanker was retired from the US Navy in the mid-1990s, the S-3 took over the role, though its relatively slow speed meant it could not accompany strikes into enemy territory. Despite that, the S-3 always had the capability to carry not only antisubmarine ordnance such as torpedoes and depth charges, but also bombs and later the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile and AGM-65 Maverick AGM. The S-3’s antiship capability was used in both Gulf Wars: in 1991, a S-3 sank an Iraqi attack boat with conventional bombs, while in 2003 a S-3 destroyed an Iraqi command post with a Maverick in Basra.
Beginning in 1991, the S-3As in service were modified to S-3B standard, with upgraded avionics and a new APS-127V synthetic-aperature radar, giving the S-3B a significant ship-detection and SAR capability as well. Though the ES-3A was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s, several S-3Bs were converted to littorial reconnaissance (Gray Wolf) and ground surveillance (Brown Boy) roles. With the reduction of submarine threats to the US Navy, the S-3 fleet is being gradually retired; those remaining in service have had their ASW equipment removed and serve primarily as tankers. Their role has been largely replaced by the SH-60B/F Seahawk series, and, aside from a handful of test aircraft, the S-3 was retired in 2009.
Bureau Number 160604 was delivered to the US Navy in 1978, as one of the very last S-3s ever built. It saw action during the First Gulf War with VS-31 ("Topcats") aboard the USS Eisenhower (CVN-69), and finished its career with VS-21 ("Redtails") aboard USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) in 2004; it retired with the disestablishment of the squadron that year. Because of its rather unique last color scheme, it was donated to the Pima Air and Space Museum in 2006.
Though this is a commemorative scheme, celebrating the 60 year history of VS-21, this is not all that different from operational S-3s, aside from the gloss black uppersurfaces. What is particularly interesting is the nose art, depicting a blonde woman wearing a luau dress, in front of a setting sun, with the legend "Torpedo Bomber Squadron Two-One"--VS-21's initial designation when it was formed in 1945. Though tame by World War II standards, nose art on any Navy aircraft is rare in any era, and luckily this one has been preserved for posterity. The E and S mark Engineering and Safety awards for the squadron.
Club Alpha F.C vs Albinegros de Orizaba Grupo III Tercera División Profesional
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Puebla., Puebla a 10 de Noviembre 2012
ALPHA FC SIGUE SU PASO ASCENDENTE EN TERCERA DIVISIÓN; GOLEA 5-1 A ALBINEGROS
Con una contundente actuación en el segundo lapso donde de la ofensiva se destapó con cuatro anotaciones, el Alpha FC superó 5 goles por 1 a los Albinegros de Orizaba para sumar su quinto triunfo al hilo y meterse de lleno a la pelea por el liderato del grupo III de la Tercera División Profesional.
En lo que fue la actividad de la fecha 12 del Torneo, el equipo albiazul mostró las dos caras de la moneda, porque en el primer tiempo estuvo por debajo del nivel acostumbrado y en el segundo fueron necesarios los ajustes para lograr la victoria que lo ratifica como la escuadra con la mejor ofensiva y defensiva.
Desde los primeros minutos del partido celebrado en la cancha del Alpha 3, los blanquiazules buscaron imponer su estilo de juego para pronto encontrar el arco rival, situación que se dio en el minuto 10, con un certero cabezazo del capitán Jorge Gutiérrez a un tiro de esquina por el costado izquierdo.
El gol parecía ser el arranque de una cosecha importante en el primer tiempo, sin embargo los orizabeños se reagruparon y complicaron el accionar de Alpha FC que pese a mover el esférico, no pudo romper la zaga visitante.
Albinegros tomó confianza y en la recta final del primer tiempo, justo en el minuto 40, halló el gol del empate en una jugada similar, es decir en un tiro de esquina Guillermo Saucedo en medio del área chica se levantó entre la defensa para rematar con la cabeza y batir al portero local.
Para la parte complementaria, el Alpha FC reaccionó volvió a tomar la batuta del encuentro, no solo para anular por completo al rival, sino para ser contundente e incrementar la ventaja, primero al minuto 52 por medio de Jorge Gutiérrez quien cobró un tiro libre de manera magistral, sin dar oportunidad al guardameta de detener el obús y marcar su segundo gol del encuentro.
Minutos más adelante, al 57, José Meléndez desbordó por la banda derecha hasta llegar a línea final donde mandó un servicio que el portero rival no pudo detener dejando a plenitud el balón a Manuel Pérez quien se encargó de empujarlo y poner el 3-1.
Albinegros no aguantó más los embates del Alpha FC y cedió en dos ocasiones más, al minuto 63 y 77 con las anotaciones de Baldemar Flores y de Eddy Ángeles, respectivamente, con lo que se redondeó la victoria de 5-1.
Incluso en tiempo de compensación Jordan Alvarado erró un penal que el árbitro central marcó y que pudo significar el sexto en la cuenta del Alpha; sin embargo el cobrador mandó el balón al poste y en el contrarremate volvió a fallar.
Con este resultado y a la espera de lo que este domingo hagan Chivas Anlesjeroka en su compromiso contra Univac Mazatepec y Zacatepec contra Cuatla Unila, el Alpha FC se coloca a la delantera del grupo III de la tercera división con marca de siete victorias (cinco al hilo), tres empates y solo una derrota; tiene 45 goles a favor, nueve en contra, diferencia de más 36 y 24 puntos.
En su próximo encuentro, los pupilos de Fernando Martínez visitarán a Deportivo Tehuixtla dentro de la fecha 13 y en dos semanas más adelante enfrentará como local en la cancha del Alpha 3 a Cuautla Unila, en un duelo que podría significar el ingreso de lleno del equipo albiazul a la lucha por el liderato del grupo cuando se acerca el final de la primera vuelta y de la actividad en el 2012.
Alineaciones:
Alpha FC: Yoshio Nájera, Jorge Gutiérrez, Christian Cuellas, Erick Tlacomulco, José Meléndez, Baldemar Flores, Iván Arenas, Manuel Pérez, Iván Ayala, Luis Rojas y Francisco Morquecho.
Cambios: Jordan Alvarado por Iván Ayala, Luis Pérez por Francisco Morquecho y Eddy Ángeles por José Meléndez.
Albinegros: César Hernández, Erick Romano, Christian Flores, Christopher Sangabriel, José Otero, Brayan Benítez, Gustavo Albuquerque, Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Guillermo Saucedo, Hiram Alvarado y Sergio Hernández.
Cambios: Diego Loeza por Christopher Sangabriel y Jesús Loyo por Christian Flores.
With the aging of the Grumman S-2 Tracker and the increasing effectiveness of Soviet submarines, the US Navy issued a requirement for a new carrier-based ASW aircraft. Lockheed won the contract, partnering with LTV to design carrier-specific equipment and Univac to design the ASW suite. The resulting S-3A Viking first flew in January 1972 and entered the fleet in February 1974.
While the S-2 had integrated the hunter-killer team concept into a single airframe, the S-3 went one step further by completely computerizing the sub-hunting process, integrating the entire sensor suite into one system. Flown by a crew of four, the S-3’s interior was so efficient that one aviation writer described it as the most compactly designed aircraft in history. The S-3A acquired a reputation for being a reliable, easy to fly aircraft, and spawned a number of variants, including the US-3A carrier-onboard delivery (COD) transport aircraft and the ES-3A Shadow Elint variant. A dedicated KS-3A tanker never went into production, but S-3s were increasingly equipped with buddy refuelling packs. When the KA-6D Intruder dedicated tanker was retired from the US Navy in the mid-1990s, the S-3 took over the role, though its relatively slow speed meant it could not accompany strikes into enemy territory.
Despite that, the S-3 has always had the capability to carry not only antisubmarine ordnance such as torpedoes and depth charges, but also bombs and later the AGM-84 Harpoon antiship missile and AGM-65 Maverick AGM. The S-3’s antiship capability was used in both Gulf Wars: in 1991, a S-3 sank an Iraqi attack boat with conventional bombs, while in 2003 a S-3 destroyed an Iraqi command post with a Maverick in Basra.
Beginning in 1991, the S-3As in service were modified to S-3B standard, with upgraded avionics and a new synthetic-aperature radar, giving the S-3B a significant ship-detection and SAR capability as well. Though the ES-3A was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s, several S-3Bs were converted to littorial reconnaissance (Gray Wolf) and ground surveillance (Brown Boy) roles. With the reduction of submarine threats to the US Navy, the S-3 fleet was gradually retired; today, only a handful remain with Navy testing units.
This model represents a S-3A assigned to VS-38 ("Red Griffins") aboard the USS Ranger in the late 1980s. It is configured for the antishipping role, with an AGM-84 Harpoon on the port wing and three LAU-3 rocket pods on the starboard. The subdued overall gray camouflage had been adopted fleetwide by this time, making gaudy squadron colors a thing of the past. It is also displayed with the MAD boom extended.
Club Alpha F.C vs Albinegros de Orizaba Grupo III Tercera División Profesional
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Puebla., Puebla a 10 de Noviembre 2012
ALPHA FC SIGUE SU PASO ASCENDENTE EN TERCERA DIVISIÓN; GOLEA 5-1 A ALBINEGROS
Con una contundente actuación en el segundo lapso donde de la ofensiva se destapó con cuatro anotaciones, el Alpha FC superó 5 goles por 1 a los Albinegros de Orizaba para sumar su quinto triunfo al hilo y meterse de lleno a la pelea por el liderato del grupo III de la Tercera División Profesional.
En lo que fue la actividad de la fecha 12 del Torneo, el equipo albiazul mostró las dos caras de la moneda, porque en el primer tiempo estuvo por debajo del nivel acostumbrado y en el segundo fueron necesarios los ajustes para lograr la victoria que lo ratifica como la escuadra con la mejor ofensiva y defensiva.
Desde los primeros minutos del partido celebrado en la cancha del Alpha 3, los blanquiazules buscaron imponer su estilo de juego para pronto encontrar el arco rival, situación que se dio en el minuto 10, con un certero cabezazo del capitán Jorge Gutiérrez a un tiro de esquina por el costado izquierdo.
El gol parecía ser el arranque de una cosecha importante en el primer tiempo, sin embargo los orizabeños se reagruparon y complicaron el accionar de Alpha FC que pese a mover el esférico, no pudo romper la zaga visitante.
Albinegros tomó confianza y en la recta final del primer tiempo, justo en el minuto 40, halló el gol del empate en una jugada similar, es decir en un tiro de esquina Guillermo Saucedo en medio del área chica se levantó entre la defensa para rematar con la cabeza y batir al portero local.
Para la parte complementaria, el Alpha FC reaccionó volvió a tomar la batuta del encuentro, no solo para anular por completo al rival, sino para ser contundente e incrementar la ventaja, primero al minuto 52 por medio de Jorge Gutiérrez quien cobró un tiro libre de manera magistral, sin dar oportunidad al guardameta de detener el obús y marcar su segundo gol del encuentro.
Minutos más adelante, al 57, José Meléndez desbordó por la banda derecha hasta llegar a línea final donde mandó un servicio que el portero rival no pudo detener dejando a plenitud el balón a Manuel Pérez quien se encargó de empujarlo y poner el 3-1.
Albinegros no aguantó más los embates del Alpha FC y cedió en dos ocasiones más, al minuto 63 y 77 con las anotaciones de Baldemar Flores y de Eddy Ángeles, respectivamente, con lo que se redondeó la victoria de 5-1.
Incluso en tiempo de compensación Jordan Alvarado erró un penal que el árbitro central marcó y que pudo significar el sexto en la cuenta del Alpha; sin embargo el cobrador mandó el balón al poste y en el contrarremate volvió a fallar.
Con este resultado y a la espera de lo que este domingo hagan Chivas Anlesjeroka en su compromiso contra Univac Mazatepec y Zacatepec contra Cuatla Unila, el Alpha FC se coloca a la delantera del grupo III de la tercera división con marca de siete victorias (cinco al hilo), tres empates y solo una derrota; tiene 45 goles a favor, nueve en contra, diferencia de más 36 y 24 puntos.
En su próximo encuentro, los pupilos de Fernando Martínez visitarán a Deportivo Tehuixtla dentro de la fecha 13 y en dos semanas más adelante enfrentará como local en la cancha del Alpha 3 a Cuautla Unila, en un duelo que podría significar el ingreso de lleno del equipo albiazul a la lucha por el liderato del grupo cuando se acerca el final de la primera vuelta y de la actividad en el 2012.
Alineaciones:
Alpha FC: Yoshio Nájera, Jorge Gutiérrez, Christian Cuellas, Erick Tlacomulco, José Meléndez, Baldemar Flores, Iván Arenas, Manuel Pérez, Iván Ayala, Luis Rojas y Francisco Morquecho.
Cambios: Jordan Alvarado por Iván Ayala, Luis Pérez por Francisco Morquecho y Eddy Ángeles por José Meléndez.
Albinegros: César Hernández, Erick Romano, Christian Flores, Christopher Sangabriel, José Otero, Brayan Benítez, Gustavo Albuquerque, Rodrigo Gutiérrez, Guillermo Saucedo, Hiram Alvarado y Sergio Hernández.
Cambios: Diego Loeza por Christopher Sangabriel y Jesús Loyo por Christian Flores.
Another two-door cabinet that is at the far left of my office, facing the media table and my office desk. The doors are open for this photograph. The label on the storage file in the upper left is "Addresses/Cards, Old/Overdue Correspondence." I don't even remember it is there. The two Univac binders (one repainted for use as a photo album) date back to 1959-1962, the early part of my 12-year career at Sperry Univac in Seattle, New York City, and Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
Other miniature photographers create painstakingly elaborate sets and props for their dioramas. I needed a computer for a couple of panels in an upcoming storyline, so I spent fifteen minutes or so making a UNIVAC using a Cheerios box, some holiday lights, and cellophane tape.
I thought about making some punch cards, but that would have been too tedious, so I went with the paper tape reader. ;-)