Apple IIe Data Acquisition box

[Nebulon]

So I opened up an Apple IIe that someone gave me recently.

 

It has a card leading to a ribbon cable that plugs into a box with a label on it that reads, "Interactive Structures Data Acquisition System AI-13"

 

Anyone know what this peripheral is?

 

[Grimakis]

http://psasir.upm.edu.my/3540/1/Microcomputer-Based_Data_Acquisition.pdf

 

Evidently it was designed to attach to a running tractor to observe fuel consumption, rotation speed, and other data.

Edited March 30, 2017 by Grimakis

[Nebulon]

http://psasir.upm.edu.my/3540/1/Microcomputer-Based_Data_Acquisition.pdf

 

Evidently it was designed to attach to a running tractor to observe fuel consumption, rotation speed, and other data.

Holy smokes! I never would have guessed that's what it was for.

 

Thanks for finding that info.

 

Maybe NASA put one on a ship and attach it to a rover First Apple IIe in space (unless that's already been done...).

[Grimakis]

Holy smokes! I never would have guessed that's what it was for.

 

Thanks for finding that info.

 

Maybe NASA put one on a ship and attach it to a rover First Apple IIe in space (unless that's already been done...).

 

Honestly, this sounds so custom. I'm willing to bet that you have the exact IIe that was used in that research experiment.

[Keatah]

Maybe NASA put one on a ship and attach it to a rover First Apple IIe in space (unless that's already been done...).

 

Not quite that. But the Cassini spacecraft trajectories were first explored with an Apple II. Many scenarios were vetted prior to launch. All done in Applesoft Basic.

[Nebulon]

 

Not quite that. But the Cassini spacecraft trajectories were first explored with an Apple II. Many scenarios were vetted prior to launch. All done in Applesoft Basic.

 

I'm thinking Kirk and Spock should have ordered up an Apple II to make communicating with V'ger easier (and a whole lot more fun!)