Tape, paper

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OBJECT TYPE
perforated
DATE
1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1966.0193.003
MANUFACTURER
DRTE
MODEL
DRTE DIRTY GERTIE
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
3
Total Parts
4
AKA
Punched tape
Patents
N/A
General Description
Perforated computer tape made of paper.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length
333.2 cm
Width
2.5 cm
Height
N/A
Thickness
N/A
Weight
N/A
Diameter
N/A
Volume
N/A

Lexicon

Group
Printing
Category
Typesetting
Sub-Category
N/A

Manufacturer

AKA
Unknown
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
Unknown
Canada
POSSIBLY FIRST TRANSISTORIZED COMPUTER DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA. EXPERTISE IN TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGY IT GENERATED LATER ENABLED DEVELOPMENT OF RELIABLE CIRCUITRY FOR CANADIAN SATELLITES. IT WAS USED FOR COMPUTING AT DRTE & FOR PROCESSING DATA FROM OTHER CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOURS SUCH AS ALOUETTE, CANADA'S FIRST SATELLITE, & AURORA EXPERIMENTS AT PRINCE ALBERT RADAR LAB
Function
Punched tape (also known as perforated tape) was used as a form of data storage consisting of a long strip of paper through which small holes were punched. This particular strip was a test strip
Technical
ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPUTER, NEVER PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY. IT WAS INNOVATIVE FOR ITS TIME, WITH SEVERAL NOVEL CONCEPTS SUCH AS NEW FORM OF TRANSISTORIZED FLIP-FLOP (P-N-P-N) CIRCUITRY, HARDWARE INSTEAD OF SOFTWARE DECIMAL-TO-BINARY & BINARY-TO-DECIMAL (DBBD) CONVERTER, & UNIQUE CORE MEMORY. SEVERAL PATENTS WERE TAKEN OUT BY CANADIAN GOV'T (SEE PATENTS)
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
On one extremity in pencil reads "Card test 2"/ Approximately at halfway point of tape in pencil reads "3"/ Close to the other end of the tape in pencil reads "4"
Missing
Appears complete
Finish
Long yellowed punched paper test strip
Decoration
N/A

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DRTE, Tape, paper, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1966.0193, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1966.0193.003/

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