Controller, memory

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OBJECT TYPE
DRUM STORAGE
DATE
1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1978.1054.001
MANUFACTURER
Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div.
MODEL
FASTRAND CONTROL
LOCATION
Unknown

More Information


General Information

Serial #
268
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length
62.5 cm
Width
66.0 cm
Height
160.0 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
Sperry
Country
Unknown
State/Province
Unknown
City
Unknown

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
AFTER 1968 TO BEFORE 1978
Canada
EQUIPMENT USED BY COMPUTEL, THE FIRST CANADIAN COMPUTER UTILITY TO ISSUE SHARES AS A PUBLIC COMPANY, IN 1967. IT PROVIDED CLIENTS WITH COMPUTING POWER OVER-THE-COUNTEROR VIA TELEPHONE LINK. IT EXPANDED INTO A NATION-WIDE COMPUTER SERVICES NETWORK & WAS BOUGHT IN 1982 BY CANADA SYSTEMS GROUP.
Function
A PERIPHERAL UNIT USED TO CONTROL ONE OR MORE DRUM MEMORY UNITS USED FOR MASS STORAGE OF COMPUTER DATA ON A MAGNETIC DRUM DEVICE.
Technical
DEV'D IN 1950'S, MAGNETIC DRUM PROVIDED RANDOM-ACCESS MASS-STORAGE OF DATA ALTHOUGH ITS SLOWNESS CAUSED IT TO BE USED MOSTLY FOR EXTERNAL STORAGE RATHER THAN INTERNAL MEMORY. CONTROLLER ALLOWED UP TO 8 DRUM STORAGE DEVICES TO BE USED, OPERATING ASYNCHRONOUSLY WITH THE CPU USING INTERFACE SIGNALS TO CONTROL THE OPERATION.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
ORANGE PLATE WITH WHITE LETTERING READING 'FASTRAND CONTROL'/ RED IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'SS/5'/ OTHER MARKINGS INACCESSIBLE
Missing
N/A
Finish
TEXTURED LIGHT GREY FRONT & BACK PANELS, BLUE SIDE PANEL/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL
Decoration
METALLIC EDGED BLUE PAINTED TRIM

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Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div., Controller, memory, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1978.1054, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1978.1054.001/

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