Mainframe Computer Component, Whirlwind Light Gun
date: label: date made
content: 1951-1955
name: label: maker
content: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
notes: label: Description
content: This light-sensing pointing device, called a "light gun," was used with the Whirlwind computer. It has an "L" shaped cylindrical body of aluminum with a gray hammertone finish. There is a micro switch at the back of the handle and an optical system at the top of the gun, made of copper with a 0.5" dia. tube and 3/4" square prism holder. From the gun is a shielded cable with a single plug coaxial connector and a pigtail with a 12 prong plug connector. This connector has a potentiometer at the side.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Cambridge
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.0818.13
label: catalog number
content: 1987.0818.13
label: accession number
content: 1987.0818
objectType: label: Object Name
content: mainframe component
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (cable cover material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 6 1/2 in x 6 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 16.51 cm x 16.51 cm