The Texas Collection, Baylor University
North American Aviation, 1958, Autonetics Recomp 501 Computer
Picture from 1958 Annual Report-North American Aviation, Inc. (printed publication). Image caption reads: "RECOMP portable computer, designed for numerous military and commercial uses in field and office, can solve in five minutes a problem that requires 40 man-hours by conventional methods."
Concerning later technology of NAA's Rocketdyne Division, the company stated:
By 1966, "Rocketdyne's 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, 1958 Annual Report-North American Aviation, Inc, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-pubs-0285.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.
North American Aviation, 1958, Autonetics Recomp 501 Computer
Picture from 1958 Annual Report-North American Aviation, Inc. (printed publication). Image caption reads: "RECOMP portable computer, designed for numerous military and commercial uses in field and office, can solve in five minutes a problem that requires 40 man-hours by conventional methods."
Concerning later technology of NAA's Rocketdyne Division, the company stated:
By 1966, "Rocketdyne's 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, 1958 Annual Report-North American Aviation, Inc, The Texas Collection, Baylor University; Digital ID: tx-phoarch-rocketdyne_2935-pubs-0285.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.