LGP-30
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The LGP-30, standing for Librascope General Purpose and then Librascope General Precision, is an early off-the-shelf computer. It was manufactured by the Librascope company of Glendale, California, an
Librascope LGP-30 (with cover in place).
An LGP-30 in use at Manhattan College (1965).
LGP-30 at The Computer Museum, Boston, with cover removed. Control panel is at top center, to the left of the memory drum.
The LGP-30 control panel.
Edward Norton Lorenz
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Edward Norton Lorenz was an American mathematician and meteorologist who established the theoretical basis of weather and climate predictability, as well as the basis for computer-aided atmospheric ph
LGP-30
…The central computer weighed about 90 pounds (41 kg), the basic system (including printer and stands) about 155 pounds (70 kg). Edward Lorenz used the LGP-30 in his attempt to model changing weather patterns. His discovery that massive differences in forecast could derive from tiny differences…
Edward Lorenz