DIGITAL READOUT COMPARATOR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B04747A001800120018-1
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 31, 2002
• Sequence Number: 18
• Publication Date: October 24, 1963
• Content Type: LETTER

Approved For elease 2002/11/15 : CIA-RDP78BO474 001800120018-1
October 24, 1963
Digital Readout comparator
Delivery of the two digital readout systems was
scheduled for October 15. Delivery has been delay.
ed and they are now scheduled for 1 on Nov? 15 and
1 on. Dec, 6. I suspect the delay will not affect
appreciablyi the work on the equipment into which
the digital readouts will be incorporated.
The delay results from two aspects
1. The assembly and checkout is taking a lot
longer than they thought, partly due to a turnover
in projects engineers.
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2. They discovered an incompatibility of the II
STAT OInput to their system requirements. This o0
some time to resolve and it was uncertain whether
or not their circuits would change. However it
STAT was decided that II would provide a preamp between
STAT the reading head and the Digital Readout.
One Panel assembly, one synchronizer and one counter
are complete. The second counter is being wired and
will be complete this week. Then checkout of the
first system can begin.
There is some questions regarding methtds of record..
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sequence could then be shipped with the equipment,
It is not certain that the Readout digit output rate STATINTL
readout equipment is working properly. Uou
feasible to send them a dataphone and typewriter on
r recording the output? The typed output
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is compatible with the Dataphone-typewriter set.
DECLASS REVIEW by NIMA/DOD
Approved For Release 2002/11/15 : CIA-RDP78BO4747AO01800120018-1