COMPLETE SYSTEM DESIGN CAPABILITY OF CORNING GLASS WORKS ELECTRONIC RESEARCH LABORATORY

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP79B00873A001900010013-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: November 12, 1968
• Content Type: MEMO

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NPIOSSG/DED-1423-68
12 November 1968
MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD:
SUBJECT: Complete System Design Capability of Corning Glass Works
Electronic Research Laboratory
1. On 4 November 1968, during an inspection trip to Corning Glass
Works Electronic Research Laboratory, Raleigh, North Carolina, (in con-
junction with Project W99706-5; Improved Rear-Projection Screen), a
courtesy demonstration of a recently completed computer terminal display
system was given. This demonstration was given with the proviso that dis-
closure and discussion of this equipment be limited to government circles.
2., This system, designated by the code word for purposes of 25X1
industrial security, consisted of a unit measuring approximately three
feet high by three feet deep by five feet long. Centered on top of this
unit was an integral console, about three feet square, housing a rear
projection display. This display was the terminus of an optical system
having a cathode ray tube as its origin. Housed in the unit was a 3M
hard copy reproduction device.
3. The purpose of the system was immediate visual display of vector
diagrams and associated typed data from programs stored in a remotely
located computer. This was effected by a question and answer routine
with the operator furnishing his information via a typewriter keyboard.
At any time during the visual readout on the rear projection screen, a
hard copy reproduction of the displayed information could be made via
the 3M printer. Instantaneous erase of the visual display could be
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initiated by the operator_at,a y time. Resolution of the readout and
hard copy material wadMequate, although not exceptional. This, how-
ever, was attributed to,s.,q)f_fa)ct that the system had not, as yet, been
"peaked".
4. Inspection of the mechanical and optical sections of this machine
indicated a clean design and workmanship of the highest quality.
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SUBJECT: Complete System Design Capability of Corning Glass Works
Electronic Research Laboratory ,
5. The optical design and computer programming for ray tracing
was a joint undertaking b Research Manager,
Electro-Optics, Corning Glass Works Electronic Research Laboratory, and
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6. For information the was one of the 25X1
companies surveyed as a possible vendor for the design of the 25X1
optical system in e S ra High Precision Stereo Comparator (re:
Project #11037, Task 15: Optical Survey and Specifications, 25 June
1967, Pages 49 through 55 holds). 25X1
7/ It is the opinion of the writer that the Corning Glass Works
Electronic Research Laboratory has demonstrated a capability for design
and development of a complete optical system. Discrete query of
Director, Electronic Research Laboratory, elicited the
response that this particular division of the Corning Glass Works would
be interested in an R&D contract for a complete photo/optical system.
8. Since this division of the Corning Glass Works is presently
engaged in the development of an Improved Rear Projection Screen and,
as a result of this contract, is accumulating a background knowledge of
rear projection devices, it is suggested that they might be a possible
candidate for future rear projection R&D projects.
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