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PAR Data Processing System (DPS)

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0nnn: Anonymous WECo engineer

3nnn: Denis Abbott

7nnn: Historic American Engineering Record: SRMSC

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All of the original 1970's DPS equipment shown below has been replaced with a modern system rumored to be about the size of a closet (or one of the digital rack cabinets in photo 7423). <$

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DPS

PAR DPS equipment installation

0144 (M)   (L)
PAR DPS equipment testing

0143 (M)   (L)
PAR DPS maintenance & operations center

7421 (M)   (L)
  • 0144: Equipment installation.
  • 0143: Equipment testing.
  • 7421: Maintenance and operations center.
PAR DPS digital racks (wide)

7423 (M)   (L)
M & D processor control panel

T009 (M)   (L)
PAR DPS digital rack (closeup)

7424 (M)   (L)
  • 7423: Digital racks (water cooled).
PAR DPS area (T006)

T006 (M)
PAR DPS area (T010)

T010 (M)   (L)
PAR DPS area (T005)

T005 (M)

PAR DPS tape handler room

7426 (M)   (L)

PAR DPS disk drive

7427 (M)   (L)

PAR DPS diagnostic unit

3015 (M)   (L)
  • 7426: Tape handler room.
    • Left: disk drives.
    • Center: line printers, card readers.
    • Right: tape drives.
  • 7427: Disk drive closeup.
  • 3015: Diagnostic unit.