A computer will go to sea aboard the Thomas Washington, research vessel of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The computer, an IBM 1800 data acquisition and control system, is the first of its kind to be installed on board a research ship. It will provide scientists with immediate analyses of research projects and experiments conducted while at sea. Previously data was collected by instruments during long voyages and processed by land-based computers after the ship returned to port. The Scripps Institution is part of the University of California, San Diego.

• 1967-06-28

• Wiener, Leigh

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• Thomas Washington (Ship)

• Computers
• IBM 1800
• International Business Machines Corporation
• Oceanographic research ships

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• Wiener, Leigh

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