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Exhibition Objects
Report number	CERN-OBJ-IT-001
Category	Computing
Title	part of an IBM computer
Description	Part of the IBM computer that was used for physics simulations in preparation for experiments at LEP. When installed in 1985, it was considered to be very powerful. Nowadays, a PC can outperform it by a factor of ten.
Description (French)	Une partie de l'ordinateur IBM qui a été utilisé pour réaliser des simulations et préparer leê expériences du LEP. Installé en 1985, il était alors considéré comme extrêmement puissant. Aujourd'hui, un simple PC dépasse de dix fois ses capacités.
Year	1985
Physical characteristics	Height: 2,10m Depth: 1,62m Length: 1,28m
Location	Building 143
Owner	PUBLIC
Availability	On loan
Access	Public
Borrower	Microcosm
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