General Information

Serial #

21401

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SHEET METAL & ALUMINUM CHASSIS & CASINGS/ METAL PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER BELT/ PAPER TAPE

Dimensions

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

Length

50.0 cm

Width

21.0 cm

Height

29.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Electromechanical & mechanical peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Teletype

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Skokie

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

C.1963-1977

Canada

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

Function

DEVICE WHICH INSCRIBES DATA ON PAPER TAPE IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES; IT RECEIVES 8 LEVEL (ASCII) DATA & PERFORATES THE TAPE AT SPEEDS UP TO 110 CHARACTERS PER SECOND.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF THE SECOND? VERSION OF TELETYPE'S SMALL ELECTRO- MECHANICAL HIGH SPEED TAPE PUNCH, MANUFACTURED AFTER 1958/ AN EARLY RECEIVE & STORE DATA HANDLING DEVICE, WHICH PROVIDED SHORT & LONG TERM STORAGE SIMILAR TO PRESENT DAY FLOPPY DISKS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATES ON SIDE READING 'TELETYPE/ CODE/ BRPEB6' & 'TELETYPE/ SERIAL NO./ 21401'/ PLATES ON TOP READING 'TELETYPE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF./ MANUFACTURED BY/ TELETYPE CORPORATION/ SKOKIE, ILL., U.S.A.'/ PLATE READING 'TELETYPE/ CODE/ BRPE11'/ PLATE READING 'CODE LMUB/ TELETYPE/ SER. 494865' & '23A/ MOTOR/ UNIT'/ PLATE ON CHASSIS READS 'PATENTS/ APPLIED FOR'

Missing

CASING TOP

Finish

PLATED, METALLIC, & BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ GREY PAINTED MOTOR CASING/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ GREEN PAPER

Decoration

N/A