Scale model of a mainframe installation

UvA Computer Museum catalogue nr 97.14

sara maquette
This is a scale model of the computer floor of the SARA computing centre anno 1982. The model includes the CDC Cyber 170-70 and Cyber 170-825, a Modcomp multiplexer and an IBM 4341 system. The various parts of these machines can be identified by pressing buttons connected with small lamps in the model.
The picture shows the Cyber operator's console and a row of IBM tapedrives. Only these tapedrives have been salvaged and are now in our Computer Museum.
The scale model was donated by SARA. The Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum Amsterdam used to be the computing centre of the Universiteit van Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit and CWI, the Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science. Today (1999) SARA houses a number of large supercomputers for nation-wide use, and a visualization centre (with a CAVE system for immersive virtual reality). Also SARA is a major node in various networks including the Internet.

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