Olympics - Pan American Games

Nov. 11, 1971 - One Scoring Board For The Olympics Is UP: This huge board 60 x 40 ft. - is the first of the to be installed in the Olympic Stadium currently under construction in Munich. 20.000 bulbs of 25 Watts each and controlled by an electronic computer. will announce the results of the field and track events. The innards of one of these 30 ton scoreboards consists of two and half miles of wires and cables. They from the connecting link with the different feeder devices. There is hardly any likelihood link of typing errors as there are two information panels which show all the information exactly as it appears on the board so that it can be checked for possible mistakes and then be corrected immediately. Phot Shows The clock measures 3.50 meters and the smaller scoreboard below will show Olympic and world records og the particular event taking place at the time

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Announce Appears Bulbs Cables Checked Connecting Consists Controlled Corrected Currently Devices Electronic Errors Exactly Feeder Hardly Immediately Innards Installed Link Measures Meters Mistakes Panels Particular Phot Possible Results Scoreboard Scoreboards Scoring Smaller Typing Wires

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