General Information

Serial #

931

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE COVER WINDOW, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

84.0 cm

Width

65.0 cm

Height

105.5 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

ICL

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

London

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

C.1970-1977

Canada

A BRITISH MADE COMPONENT OF THE FP6000, THE FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT TIME-SHARING MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER, BUILT BY FERRANTI-PACKARD ELECTRIC LTD. OF TORONTO IN ITS UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A VIABLE CANADIAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.

Function

AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

IT APPEARS THAT AROUND 1970 ICL DISK DRIVES WERE ADDEDAS AUXILIARY STORAGE TO THE FP6000, AT A TIME WHEN FASTER, DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES WERE REPLACING TAPE DRIVES. IN 1965 ICL ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO THE FP6000 FROM FERRANTI LTD. OF BRITAIN; IT BECAME THE BASIS OF ICL'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 1900 SERIES COMPUTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METAL & SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT WITH WHITE LETTERING ON BLACK GROUND READING 'ICL/ 2802/3 DISK FILE'/ DECALS ON BACK READ 'International Computer Limited/ I.C.L. House/ Putney/ London S.W. 15', 'SPECIAL SYSTEMS DIVISION/ M/C Type 2802/3 Input volts 240 Phase 1 Phase Load 1.7 KVA Hertz 60/ Serial No. 931/ SSP NO. 5060420', 'M/C Type 2802/3/ Ser. No. 931 3371 170 002'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED LOWER CASING, TEXTURED LIGHT GREY UPPER CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT DISK PACK COUPLER IN WHITE PAINTED COMPARTMENT/ BLACK PAINTED BASE

Decoration

N/A