SAS DATA Museum
Project
We are searhing for...
The pictures above are the pictures we have
of the units we miss for our planned Museum Exhibition. We also miss other
units, for which we have no pictures. Those are VDU Terminals only existing in
Brazil and in Japan. We will revert to them at the end of this page.
Picture 1
shows Agentset and Keyset used for SAS Airline Reservation
and Check-In respectively. (~1960)
Picture 2 shows the
first SAS Alfascope
terminal model 3100, a marvel of technique in 1974.
Picture 3 shows
Schaub Lorentz Teletype Writer without cover. Can be recognized by the striking
colour. (~1958)
Picture 4 and 5 are the Paper Tape Transmitter
called T-91 (Siemens). (~1958)
Picture 6 shows the
Telegram Central in Copenhagen 1965. The red arrow points to the line of
T-91's.
In Brazil import of foreign equipment,
including SAS's SASALFA Terminals, was forbidden. VARIG Airline had their
own "TEVAR" terminals made out of scrapped aircraft
parts. In excellent cooperation with SAS DATA specialists, VARIG programmers (Zuwick
and Otto Fertsch in Porto Allegre) developed TEVAR Terminals, able to
communicate using the SASALFA protocol. These terminals were used in SAS
offices in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and at the airports respectively. Where
are they now?
In Japan at Narita Airport,
SAS passengers were handled by All Nippon Air (ANA) employees.
Passenger handling was performed manually and based on passenger lists
transmitted from Copenhagen Data Centre to Narita Airport every day. All Nippon Air
programmers, in cooperation with specialists from SAS Data, developed software
enabling the ANA terminals to perform Check-In in the SAS Systems in Copenhagen
via ANA systems (Host-toHost). Where are these terminals now?
If you know anything indicating where these
missing units are now, please contact us!
Helge Grimstad