General Information

Serial #

896

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, INTERIOR COMPARTMENT, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

61.1 cm

Width

31.4 cm

Height

15.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Development & maintenance equipment

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

BRITISH MADE ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT FOR THE FP6000 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS 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

A COMPUTER ACCESSORY DEVICE PROBABLY USED FOR CONTROL, SYSTEM CHECKS, AND/OR FAULT FINDING FOR DISK DRIVES & CONTROLLERS.

Technical

IT APPEARS THAT AROUND 1970 ICL DISK DRIVES, A CONTROLLER, & ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT SUCH AS THISONE WERE ADDED TO THE FP6000. AT THIS TIME, DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES WERE REPLACING TAPE DRIVES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING IN 2 PLACES ON FRONT '2801/0 2802/0 e.d.s. control unit'/ BLACK 'ICL' ON FRONT/ PLATES ON BACK READ 'The Property of/ International Computers Limited/ I.C.L. House/ Putney/ London S.W. 15' & 'Made in the United Kingdom/ M/c type E.T.B./ Ser. No. 896'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CASING PAINTED 2 SHADES OF GREY, WITH GREY SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC SWITCHES/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED HANDLE WITH TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED END PIECES/ BLACK POWER CORD & RUBBER STRIPS/ BLACK INTERIOR COMPARTMENT

Decoration

N/A