General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length

110.6 cm

Width

64.8 cm

Height

124.0 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

THE CONTROL UNIT FOR THE DISK DRIVES USED AS AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICES FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGENTIC DISK.

Technical

IT APPEARS THATAROUND 1970 ICL DISK DRIVES WERE ADDED AS AUXILIARY STORAGE TO THE FP6000, AT A TIME WHEN FASTER, DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES, OPERATED BY A SEPARATE CONTROLLER LINKED DIRECTLY TO THE COMPUTER, WERE REPLACING TAPE DRIVES. IN 1965 ICL ACQUIRED THE RIGHTS TO THE FP6000 FROM FERRANTI LTD. OF ENGLAND; IT BECAME THE BASIS FOR ICL'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 1900 SERIES COMPUTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT WITH WHITE & BLACK 'ICL/ 2802/0 CONTROL'/ PLATES ON BACK READING 'SPECIAL SYSTEMS DIVISON/ M/c Type 2802/0/ Serial No. 870/ Input Volts 240 Phase 1 Phase Load 1.3 KVA Hertz 60/ S.S.O. No. 5060463'/ WHITE LETTERING ON EXTERIOR CONTROLS & INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING TOP & SIDES, BLUE FRONT/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED PANEL ACROSS FRONT TOP WITH MULTICOLOURED CONTROLS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED INTERIOR PANEL WITH PLATED & MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A