Box 5
Container
Contains 1 Collection or Record:
Gene Mutschler donation of 1.) Master oscillator card (main heartbeat of the R1), transistorized, with a toggle switch 2.) Circuit board (smaller piece, with no switch) 3.) access key, which would fit into the slot in the console and served to identify the user 4.) console user manual known as the "console poop pack"
File — Box: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Records of the first computer developed at Rice University (then Rice Institute) including correspondence, memoranda, manuals, news clippings, photographs, and drawings.
Dates:
1956 - 1996; Majority of material found within 1956 - 1974