These are tape drives on the DMS; the OS and related software is loaded here. It's interesting that they choose to load reel-type tapes on a machine that cost over $15 million.

Immediately next to this area, but not visible in any picture, is a toll-information transmission system. The information about toll calls is sent to a BellSouth office in Birmingham, Alabama, over a synchronous 64kbps line.

Last update: Sat Jan 23 21:02:41 EST 1999, by mark@enterprise