Keyboard, Manual Data, Gemini

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Object Details

Manufacturer

IBM Corporation

Summary

The Manual Data Keyboard (MDK), manufactured by IBM, consists of a ten-digit keypad. Together with the Manual Data Readout device, it was used to input numbers into the Gemini spacecraft on-board computer. Numbers entered via this unit would select memory addresses in the computer, as well as enter actual numerical data. What the numbers signified was determined by settings on the MDR.

McDonnell Douglas gave this MDK to the Museum in 1972.

Credit Line

Gift of the McDonnell Douglas Corporation

Inventory Number

A19721015000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

INSTRUMENTS-Computers, General Purpose

Materials

Aluminum

Steel

Copper Alloy

Coating

Synthetic

Magnesium

Dimensions

3-D: 15.9 × 7.6 × 7.6cm (6 1/4 × 3 × 3 in.)

Country of Origin

United States of America

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Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9f1932e75-166c-42c6-bef8-5bfad5abbd41

Record ID

nasm_A19721015000