Need assistance finding CalComp plotting information from 1964-1970
Hello, I’ve been researching a piece for many years called the Digital Mona Lisa, aka Mona by the Numbers, produced by H. Philip Peterson while he was at Control Data Digigraphic in Burlington, Mass. in 1964/65. The output device was a CalComp plotter to the best of my knowledge. Information related to Mr. Peterson and the image is very limited on the web. Might anyone within this group have knowledge of this project, particularly information related to the CalComp hardware used? Pointers to contacts for additional dialogue are also greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration. Regards, Andy Patros www.digitalmonalisa.com <http://www.digitalmonalisa.com/>
My organization here in NJ has three such plotters and several members who are expert in their operation and maintenance. I'll send you a private response. On Jan 29, 2016, andy patros <apatros@stny.rr.com> wrote:
Hello,
I’ve been researching a piece for many years called the Digital Mona Lisa, aka Mona by the Numbers, produced by H. Philip Peterson while he was at Control Data Digigraphic in Burlington, Mass. in 1964/65.
The output device was a CalComp plotter to the best of my knowledge. Information related to Mr. Peterson and the image is very limited on the web.
Might anyone within this group have knowledge of this project, particularly information related to the CalComp hardware used? Pointers to contacts for additional dialogue are also greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Regards, Andy Patros www.digitalmonalisa.com <http://www.digitalmonalisa.com/>
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Hi Andy, Check out our online catalog: http://www.computerhistory.org/collections/search/?s=calcomp 64 different Calcomp items. Best, Dag -- Dag Spicer Senior Curator Computer History Museum Editorial Board, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 1401 North Shoreline Boulevard Mountain View, CA 94043-1311 Tel: +1 650 810 1035 Fax: +1 650 810 1055 On Jan 29, 2016, at 7:12 AM, andy patros <apatros@stny.rr.com<mailto:apatros@stny.rr.com>> wrote: Hello, I’ve been researching a piece for many years called the Digital Mona Lisa, aka Mona by the Numbers, produced by H. Philip Peterson while he was at Control Data Digigraphic in Burlington, Mass. in 1964/65. The output device was a CalComp plotter to the best of my knowledge. Information related to Mr. Peterson and the image is very limited on the web. Might anyone within this group have knowledge of this project, particularly information related to the CalComp hardware used? Pointers to contacts for additional dialogue are also greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration. Regards, Andy Patros www.digitalmonalisa.com<http://www.digitalmonalisa.com/> _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org
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