some captions for the 82 SAIL images
most likely taken on 21 April 1976

I scraped these JPG files off the CHM archive yesterday 4/24/19
re Pictures of the PDP-6 and the PDP-10s at SAIL
this page is temporary

The CHM web site recently added a set of 190 images numbered counting down #190 to #001. The numbers correspond to the final part of the long CHM URL for each .jpg file. Of these 190 images, 82 were taken at SAIL, the first Stanford Artificial Intelligence Lab, at the D.C.Power Building 1600 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto, CA. Most likely all on a singe day, 21 April 1976, which is displayed in large block glyphs on a Triple-III display in front of Professor McCarthy in image #35. Also all the figures, e.g. Ted Panofsky wear the same shirt in each picture. The Cart does not have the camera slider modifcation of 1978-1979, and the paint on the upper front window of the lab is still intact and the extra signage still looks "1976-new".

The weeds in front of the building are in bloom and healthy looking, so perhaps springtime March, April or May. The outdoor pictures were taken around noon, slight morning direction on lamp post shadows, short shadows. An interior analog wall clock looks like 5:30 the JPG resolution is awful, typical image is 350x500 under 150KB. So you can not enlarge to see display screen details or the listing paper. If we go to CHM we can scrap dates off screens or read the date on the top of the listing that Ralph is holding in image #163, #162 and #161.

The wall hangings all look familair (image#159, line printer portraits and the PEACE banner, hung there for years), note too the SAIL computer room ceiling is higher than the non-SAIL computer rooms. SAIL has those laminated wood beams. Also the placement of doors and room dividers is either SAIL or non-SAIL.

SAIL images are #175 to #140, #111 to #106, #59 to #55 and #35 to #01 have WHITE background. ( I have now removed the "NOT-SAIL" images from this page, which would have had a GRAY background. )

DGL is Garreth Loy. On that date his login sessions were
MariaDB [saildart]> select * from session where left(login,10)='1976-04-21' and prg='dgl';
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
| prj | prg | ln     | login               | logout              | minutes | sn     | runtime | kcticks |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
|   1 | DGL | tv#023 | 1976-04-21 09:24:00 | 1976-04-21 11:45:00 |     141 | 211352 |    6315 |  298496 |
|  MS | DGL | tv#062 | 1976-04-21 22:48:00 | 1976-04-21 23:16:00 |      28 | 211352 |    2099 |   73962 |
|   1 | DGL | tv#044 | 1976-04-21 23:05:00 | 1976-04-21 23:16:00 |      11 | 211352 |     369 |    3632 |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
3 rows in set (1.67 sec)

Garreth is pictured as sitting at III#3 which is indeed line tv#023

LES is Lester Earnest. Login sessions are:
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
| prj | prg | ln     | login               | logout              | minutes | sn     | runtime | kcticks |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
|   S | LES | tv#030 | 1976-04-21 10:06:00 | 1976-04-21 10:45:00 |      39 | 211352 |     277 |    2928 |
|   S | LES | tv#030 | 1976-04-21 11:47:00 | 1976-04-21 12:35:00 |      48 | 211352 |     449 |    8272 |
|   S | LES | tv#030 | 1976-04-21 12:59:00 | 1976-04-21 15:03:00 |     124 | 211352 |    1504 |   20192 |
|   S | LES | tv#777 | 1976-04-21 15:59:00 | 1976-04-21 16:00:00 |       1 | 211352 |      40 |    1510 |
|   S | LES | tv#030 | 1976-04-21 15:31:00 | 1976-04-21 16:55:00 |      84 | 211352 |     291 |    2816 |
|   S | LES | tv#111 | 1976-04-21 19:09:00 | 1976-04-21 19:32:00 |      23 | 211352 |    1199 |  112272 |
|   S | LES | tv#030 | 1976-04-21 23:48:00 | 1976-04-22 00:02:00 |      14 | 212425 |     648 |    7248 |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+

JMC John McCarthy that day at 12:15 was logged in for that picture#35 for 3 minutes !

+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
| prj | prg | ln     | login               | logout              | minutes | sn     | runtime | kcticks |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+
| F75 | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 02:48:00 | 1976-04-21 03:03:00 |      15 | 211352 |   11257 |  392448 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 08:27:00 | 1976-04-21 08:28:00 |       1 | 211352 |      68 |     880 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#037 | 1976-04-21 11:18:00 | 1976-04-21 11:55:00 |      37 | 211352 |      89 |    1188 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#021 | 1976-04-21 12:16:00 | 1976-04-21 12:19:00 |       3 | 211352 |     170 |    5512 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#037 | 1976-04-21 14:45:00 | 1976-04-21 16:36:00 |     111 | 211352 |    3190 |   51776 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#777 | 1976-04-21 23:23:00 | 1976-04-21 23:24:00 |       1 | 211352 |      32 |    1166 |
| ESS | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 23:05:00 | 1976-04-22 00:32:00 |      87 | 212425 |    2654 |   67504 |
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+

JBR Jeff Rubin
REG Ralph Gorin
TAG Tom Gafford

Bruce Baumgart 4/25/2019

SAIL D.C.Power Lab


#175 Ted Panofsky behind Hand/Eye table

#174 Behind H/E tables is PDP-11/45, Yellow-Zonker, Purple-Zonker

#173 caption H/E table, PDP-11, not large fake Yellow Banana hanging from ceiling.

#172 caption

#171 caption TED = Ted Panofsky in paiseley shirt

#170 caption

#169 caption DGL = Garreth Loy. Possibly still at dgl@GarethInc.com

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#160 caption JEF & REG at KL10. XGP in background.

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#149 caption Jeff Rubin (glasses), Ralph Gorin (seated) and Tom Gafford (head band)

#148 caption

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#146 caption

#145 caption Kludge Bays

#144 caption Gareth Loy

#143 caption

#142 caption

#141 caption

#140 caption SAIL

SAIL Music Triple-III display


#111 caption This terminal session is LCS for Leland Smith (who isn't in any picture here)

#110 caption LCS = Smith is the author of SCORE.

#109 caption ditto

#108 caption ditto

#107 caption ditto

#106 caption ditto

SAIL


#59 caption Garreth Loy at III#3 = tv#023

#58 caption Ted Panofsky messing with H/E table

#57 caption JBR and TAG watch TED. Posters on wall are where the Hydraulic-Arm use to be.

#56 caption

#55 caption

SAIL with Professor McCarthy all dressed up.


#35 caption JMC

  JMC John McCarthy that day at 12:15 was logged in for THIS picture#35 for 3 minutes !
in the picture he is at Triple-III display#1 which is session line tv#021 !
+-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+ | prj | prg | ln | login | logout | minutes | sn | runtime | kcticks | +-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+ | F75 | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 02:48:00 | 1976-04-21 03:03:00 | 15 | 211352 | 11257 | 392448 | | ESS | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 08:27:00 | 1976-04-21 08:28:00 | 1 | 211352 | 68 | 880 | | ESS | JMC | tv#037 | 1976-04-21 11:18:00 | 1976-04-21 11:55:00 | 37 | 211352 | 89 | 1188 | | ESS | JMC | tv#021 | 1976-04-21 12:16:00 | 1976-04-21 12:19:00 | 3 | 211352 | 170 | 5512 | | ESS | JMC | tv#037 | 1976-04-21 14:45:00 | 1976-04-21 16:36:00 | 111 | 211352 | 3190 | 51776 | | ESS | JMC | tv#777 | 1976-04-21 23:23:00 | 1976-04-21 23:24:00 | 1 | 211352 | 32 | 1166 | | ESS | JMC | tv#015 | 1976-04-21 23:05:00 | 1976-04-22 00:32:00 | 87 | 212425 | 2654 | 67504 | +-----+-----+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------+--------+---------+---------+

#34 caption JMC logs in for 3 minutes to look at a BIG CLOCK.

#33 caption JMC

#32 caption JMC

#31 caption LES and JMC at KL10 decwriter console

#30 caption ditto foreground. Looks like a lot of crates on deck outside the window.

#29 caption JMC standing and LES seated.

#28 caption ditto

#27 caption

#26 caption LES in his office

#25 caption

#24 caption TED Panofsky with Cart

#23 caption

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#19 caption

#18 caption LES again in his office

#17 caption

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#15 caption

#14 caption Front of D.C.Power Lab

#13 caption close up of signage at front railing of SAIL's deck

#12 caption ditto

#11 caption whole front fascade - every post clearly seen. No shadows.

#10 caption

#09 caption out in the weeds .. No Volley Ball court showing.

#08 caption good view of all six Cart ramps up front steps

#07 caption view of four front steps and larger ramp for Cart

#06 caption Lettering on front window "Project"

#05 caption ORM Panofsky's paisley shirt

#04 caption ORM Panofsky's paisley shirt

#03 caption Cart + TED in paisley. Cart prior to camera slider.

#02 caption Cart + TED in paisley. (dead) Rancho Arm on table to left.

#01 caption Cart + TED in paisley.