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OBJECT TYPE: PAPER/PHOTO-ELECTRIC/TRANSISTOR/ASCII
DATE: 1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0894.001

MANUFACTURER: Ferranti-Packard Electric Ltd.
MODEL: 425D
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 1007
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER FEET/ GLASS LIGHT BULB

Dimensions

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

Length: 26.8 cm
Width: 21.7 cm
Height: 20.8 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: C.1963-1977
Canada: CANADIAN MADE ACCESSORY COMPONENTS OF THE FP6000, THE FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE TIME-SHARING & MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER, BUILT BY FERRANTI-PACKARD IN ITS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A VIABLE CANADIAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.
Function: A DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER TAPE & CONVERTS IT TO A PARALLEL 8 LEVEL SIGNAL FOR COMPUTER DATA INPUT
Technical: A SMALL TAPE READER CONTAINING A SILICON SOLAR CELL PHOTO-ELECTRIC READING SYSTEM & A DISK TAPE TRANSPORT FOR RAPID PROCESSING OF TAPES. THIS WAS A MAJOR ADVANCE FROM THE MECHANICAL READER. IT REQUIRED LOW MAINTENANCE & HAD HIGH READ SPEED AS COMPARED TO OTHER COMPUTER INPUT DEVICES OF THE PERIOD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INTERIOR PLATE READS 'FERRANTI-PACKARD ELECTRIC LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA/ ASSY 14251-G2/ TYPE 425/ SERIAL 1007/ MADE IN CANADA'/ METAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING & LINES ON PLATED GROUND READING 'FERRANTI/ [LOGO]/ PACKARD'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: CASING PAINTED BEIGE ENAMEL/ BRUSHED METAL DISK DRIVE CHASSIS/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, RED SYNTHETIC/ BLACK FEET
Decoration: N/A

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Ferranti-Packard Electric Ltd., Reader, tape, circa 1963, Artifact no. 1977.0894, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1977.0894.001/

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