Own a piece of computing and space history! Great conversation piece in the classroom or the Science Cave!
During the 1970s–80s, NASA used state-of-the-art computers from the company Modular Computer Systems. These “MODCOMP” systems were used in processing and controlling the telemetry of many space projects including the Voyager probes, Skylab, as well as the early Space Shuttle launches.
NASA has obviously upgraded their systems since. These chips were obtained through that process. The data that has passed through these components has controlled some of humankind’s most ambitious space exploration projects.
The pictures shown may not be the exact chip you’ll receive, but it will be very similar.
