HU OSA 300-1-8:1/21

Data Processing Center at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

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Two high capacity computers, one serves the Central News Room and the other handles financial and administrative data. The machines are housed in a special air-conditioned room and watched around the clock. In the picture a man wearing a suit is standing by one of the machines and opens its door. There is one large electric typewriter with perforated computer paper. The window overlooks the inner courtyard. There are industrial lights fixed on the ceiling. Cf HU OSA 300-1-8:1/19. ORIGINAL CAPTION: Munich - Increased efficiency at lower cost is the major aim of technological investment at RFE/RL headquarters at Munich. One striking example is the newly-installed data processing center. Last October RFE/RL procured two new computers replacing the older model used by the Radio for the previous six years. The new models are Digital Equipment Corp. Model PDP 11 series, with combined processing capacity of one million characters, a 4,200 per cent increase over the previous capacity of 24,000 characters. One computer is assigned to the Central Newsroom word processing system and the other handles financial and administrative data. They are housed together in a newly-furnished, air-conditioned room within view of a security post manned 24 hours daily. Expansion into full word processing for other departments and an international data communications network is planned as soon as funds are appropriated.

240x155 mm ; b&w