In late 1983, an employee at an energy company submitted a request for improved performance maps for a gas compressor. The employee felt that the existing maps were inaccurate and prevented him from doing his job correctly.
Keith Watson, a shift supervisor at the time, saw an opportunity to use his Timex/Sinclair 2068 to generate new plots.
Over the next few months, he developed and refined his program to calculate and plot improved performance maps for the compressor.
The new performance maps saved the company thousands of dollars and revealed that the engines attached to the compressors were running over capacity. As a result, Keith’s work was recognized and he received several awards.
