General Information

Serial #

4030-01

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL TABLE & CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC TABLE TOP COVERING, PRINTER COVER, KEYS, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

172.5 cm

Width

86.0 cm

Height

90.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Honeywell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Wellesley

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1963-1978

Canada

COMPONENT OF HONEYWELL 400 COMPUTER ACQUIRED BY BELL TELEPHONE IN MONTREAL IN 1963, WHICH WAS FIRST COMPUTER USED BY BELL IN CANADA (?). THIS AMERICAN MADE SYSTEM WAS HONEYWELL'S CANADIAN DIVISION'S FIRST SALE IN CANADA.

Function

INDEPENDENT CONTROL CONSOLE WHICH ENABLES OPERATOR TO CONTROL COMPUTER CPU & SEVERAL PERIPHERALS. INTEGRAL KEYBOARD & PRINTER MAY BE FOR DATA INPUT & OUTPUT

Technical

IN 1961 HONEYWELL INTRODUCED ITS H-400 SYSTEM, MEDIUM SIZED COMPUTER COMPATIBLE WITHEARLIER H-800 UNIT. IT WAS TRANSISTORIZED MAIN FRAME MARKETED WITH INDEPENDENT CONSOLE, TAPE DRIVE, PRINTER ETC. IN 1963, 1400 COMPUTER WAS BROUGHT OUT TO REPLACE H-400.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAINTED OVER DECAL ON BACK READS: 'HONEYWELL/ EQUIPMENT MODEL NO. CONSOLE P49 DATE 11-15-63/ MINNEAPOLIS-HONEYWELL/ REGULATOR COMPANY/ WELLESLEY, MASSACHUSETTS/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ WHITE 'HONEYWELL' ON CASING/ WHITE & BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROLS/ BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS/ BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'SYS-3 R0232'

Missing

BACK CASING PANEL/ HONEYWELL 400 CPU

Finish

TEXTURED BEIGE PAINTED PRINTER-KEYBOARD CASING/ BLUE PAINTED KEYBOARD & FRONT PANEL OF CASING/ WHITE SYNTHETIC TABLE TOP, BLUE PAINTED TABLE TOP WITH PLATED LEGS & BLUE PAINTED CASING/ WHITE KEYS & CONTROL BUTTONS

Decoration

N/A