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Since the late 1980s, Dr. Nancy
Dess of Occidental College in Los Angeles has used a Commodore 64 in her
laboratory experiments. Robert Bernardo visited her lab in 2007 and took
the following photographs. Click a picture to enlarge |
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| The C64 controls the the relay panel and receives telemetry from the instrumentation | In a chamber such as this, the lab rats are exposed to external stimuli such as sound | A wider view of Professor Dess' set-up | One of the specialized boards Prof. Dess uses to connect the C64 to the other equipment |
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| A view of the board populated with the specialized ROMs | Another view of an unpopulated board next to the C64 | The external equipment | Noise generator |
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| More sound equipment | Electric shock equipment | Instructions for the shock chambers | Instructions for the C64 shock program! |
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| Tubes to control the solenoids in the equipment | A complete view of the professor's set-up including chambers | ||
| This page is sponsored by the Fresno Commodore User Group | |||
Updated November 20, 2008