On 6/7/24 20:42, Vincent Slyngstad via cctalk wrote:
On 6/7/2024 6:19 PM, Jon Elson via cctalk wrote:
OK, I have to chime in here. I worked for Artronix about
1972. The LINC computer was developed at MIT for use in
biomedical research labs, and a bunch of people involved
with it later moved to Washington University in St.
Louis. The Biomedical Computer Lab there later added some
features such a a crude memory mapping unit and more
memory, and called this the Programmed Console, so as not
to scare people away. Artronix began building these PC's
and selling them to hospitals for radiation therapy
planning. I have no idea how many were sold. They were
built into a desk, and used 7400-series logic chips. They
etched their own PC boards, drilled them by hand and
soldered in the chips by hand. I wrote a series of
diagnostics for them.
Do any survive? I've looked for them but never found one.
An Artronix PC? I seriously doubt it, but it is possible.
There is at least one LINC that was restored about a decade
ago, and taken out to VCF 10. If an Artronix PC did evade
the scrapper, it would not be that hard to get it running again.
Jon
