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Jay W. Forrester (right) holds up one version of a memory tube, while Stephen H. Dodd, Jr. (center) adjusts another version of the memory tube that is mounted on a stand. Patrick Youtz (left) helps them compare the two models, which were developed at the Servomechanisms Laboratory at MIT. Original caption: "Two versions of the 400 digit "memory" tube developed in the Servomechanisms Laboratory at M.I.T. are shown here. Jay W. Forrester (right) director of the project, holds one type, while Patrick Youtz (left) and Stephen H. Dodd, Jr., compare it with the type mounted in the rear. The new tube, literally a storehouse for numbers, will be important in the development of computers and information handling systems using coded data at high speeds." Original credit line: L. C. Sanford.