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

Staff Only

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

Creation: 1956 - 1996
Creation: Majority of material found within 1956 - 1974

Creator

From the Collection: Rice University (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Stored offsite at the Library Service Center and require 24-hour notice for retrieval. Please contact the Woodson Research Center at 713-348-2586 or woodson@rice.edu for more information.

Access Restrictions

This material is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

General

Donated in December 2019 by Gene Mutschler, BA '69, MA '70, PhD '73, who was a grad student at the time he worked with the R1. He wrote the program which shut down the R1 for the last time before it was disassembled.