The Texas Collection, Baylor University
Computer Center-Data Processing, Rocketdyne, McGregor, Texas (2)
1966 Rocketdyne Solid Rocket Division (McGregor, TX.)
"The Computer Center provides electronic data processing in two specialized disciplines: Engineering and Scientific Systems, and Business Systems. The digital system consists of a 64,000 byte IBM System 360 Model 30 and a 100-amplifier EAI Model 321 R analog computer with a standard complement on nonlinear equipment." McGregor's Rocketdyne Facility also had "direct teleprocessing connections through the IBM 360/30 for processing on the large-scale IBM 360 Models 50/65 ASP/MVT System at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park (California) complex....The remote terminals at McGregor, utilized by the engineers themselves, consist of Model 35 teletypewriters that transmit programs and data over leased lines connecting the local consoles to the main computer located in Canoga Park, California."
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection, Photoographs: Facilities and Manufacturing, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-prints-0032.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.
Computer Center-Data Processing, Rocketdyne, McGregor, Texas (2)
1966 Rocketdyne Solid Rocket Division (McGregor, TX.)
"The Computer Center provides electronic data processing in two specialized disciplines: Engineering and Scientific Systems, and Business Systems. The digital system consists of a 64,000 byte IBM System 360 Model 30 and a 100-amplifier EAI Model 321 R analog computer with a standard complement on nonlinear equipment." McGregor's Rocketdyne Facility also had "direct teleprocessing connections through the IBM 360/30 for processing on the large-scale IBM 360 Models 50/65 ASP/MVT System at Rocketdyne's Canoga Park (California) complex....The remote terminals at McGregor, utilized by the engineers themselves, consist of Model 35 teletypewriters that transmit programs and data over leased lines connecting the local consoles to the main computer located in Canoga Park, California."
Rocketdyne was part of North American Aviation, Inc., Solid Rocket Division, McGregor, Texas. By the late 1960's, the company had produced 250,000 rockets and this included some used by NASA for the 1969 Apollo Mission to the moon. Some of the land and facilities would later become Hercules and now it is home to SpaceX.
Lloyd Gholson Rocketdyne collection, Photoographs: Facilities and Manufacturing, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-prints-0032.tif. Rights: Some rights reserved. E-mail txcoll@baylor.edu for information about the use of our images. Visit www.baylor.edu/lib/texas/ for more information about our collections.