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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