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THE PDP-8 AND OTHER 12-BIT COMPUTERS 177

Figure 2. The LINC (Laboratory Instrument Computer) is a small stored program digital computer designed to accept analog as well as digital inputs directly from experiments, to process data immediately, and to provide signals for the control of experimental equipment. The LINC system comprises five physically distinct subassemblies which include four console modules connected by separate cables to a remote cabinet containing the electronics and power supplies. The control module contains indicator lights, push buttons, and switches used in operating the LING. A second module provides for display oscilloscopes, while a third module holds two magnetic tape transports of special design. The last module is provided with sockets, jacks, and terminals for interconnecting the LINC and other laboratory equipment. This photograph shows the prototype version demonstrated on March 27, 1962, at the M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory (courtesy of M.I.T. Lincoln Laboratory, from Clark and Molnar [1964]).

Figure 3. The production version of the LINC.

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