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OBJECT TYPE: MAGNETIC/TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1963–1966
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0887.001

MANUFACTURER: Ferranti Packard Electric Ltd.
MODEL: FP6510 OR FP6512
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW, TAPE DRIVE CHASSIS, TAPE REEL, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 77.5 cm
Width: 75.5 cm
Height: 186.8 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ferranti
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: 1963-1977
Canada: CANADIAN MADE COMPONENT OF THE FP6000, THE FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE TIME-SHARING MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER, BUILT BY FERRANTI-PACKARD IN ITS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A VIABLECANADIAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.
Function: AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE
Technical: TAPE DRIVES WERE USED FOR AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE FROM THE LATE 1940'S TO THE LATE 1960'S, AFTER WHICH THEY WERE GRADUALLY SUPPLANTED BY THE FASTER DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES. AROUND 1970 ICL DISK DRIVES & A CONTROLLER (770890-891) WERE ADDED TO THE FP6000 SYSTEM.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BRUSHED METAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING READING 'FERRANTI-PACKARD'/ SILVER DECAL ON FRONT WITH BLACK OUTLINE LETTERING READING 'FERRANTI/ FP/ PACKARD'/ CASING BACK PANEL STAMPED IN BLACK ON INSIDE 'JULY 25 1966'
Missing: NONE APPARENT
Finish: TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED CASING SIDES & BACK, BEIGE FRONT/ GREY SYNTHETIC TAPE DRIVE COMPARTMENT WITH BLUE SYNTHETIC PARTS/ CLEAR & WHITE TAPE REEL/ BLACK WHEELS/ 1 BLACK & 1 WHITE SYNTHETIC DIAL COUNTERS
Decoration: N/A

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Ferranti Packard Electric Ltd., Drive, tape, between 1963–1966, Artifact no. 1977.0887, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0887.001/

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