Accession Number:

AD0856791

Title:

Operation and Service Manual for Computer System Test Console 52E270003. Volume I.

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

MCDONNELL DOUGLAS ASTRONAUTICS CO ST LOUIS MO

Personal Author(s):

Report Date:

1969-01-25

Pagination or Media Count:

547.0

Abstract:

The purpose of the volume is to familiarize personnel with the operation and service instructions for the Computer System Test Console, 52E270003-603. This tester, commonly called the Test Console Computer System, is a unit of the Aerospace Ground Equipment used to control the Digital Computer portion of the Inertial Guidance System in the Gemini Spacecraft during system and pre-launch testing. The TCCS is manufactured by the International Business Machines IBM Corporation of Rockville, Maryland for the McDonnell Company of St. Louis, Missouri. The report presents a description of the TCCS, its controls and functions, and servicing instructions for validation and preventive maintenance. Author

Descriptors:

• *TEST EQUIPMENT)
• (*MANNED SPACECRAFT
• INERTIAL GUIDANCE)
• (*SPACE STATIONS
• INERTIAL GUIDANCE)
• (*INERTIAL GUIDANCE
• COMPUTERS)
• (*COMPUTERS
• SPACE CAPSULES
• DIGITAL COMPUTERS
• CHECKOUT EQUIPMENT
• GROUND SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
• INPUT OUTPUT DEVICES
• TEST SETS
• OPERATION
• MAINTENANCE
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS

Subject Categories:

• Computer Hardware
• Test Facilities, Equipment and Methods
• Manned Spacecraft

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE