General Information

Serial #

INV.DES.804-1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, CASING FRONT PANEL & PARTS, TAPE REELS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC SIDE & BACK CASING PANELS, FRONT WINDOW, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

69.2 cm

Width

73.0 cm

Height

177.2 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

Honeywell

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Brighton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

EARLY 1960'S TO 1978

Canada

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL USED WITH HONEYWELL 400 COMPUTER ACQUIRED BY BELL TELEPHONE IN 1963, WHICH WAS FIRST COMPUTER USED BY BELLIN CANADA (?). AMERICAN MADE H-400 WAS HONEYWELL'S CANADIAN DIVISION'S FIRST SALE IN CANADA.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM DATA STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE

Technical

IN 1963 HONEYWELL INTRODUCED H-200 COMPUTER TO COMPETE WITH IBM 1400. ITWAS MARKETED WITH RANGE OF PERIPHERALS, INCLUDING SEVERAL TAPE DRIVES OF WHICH THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE. H-200 WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS SOLD, DISPLACING SOME IBM'S. THROUGH 1960'S HONEYWELL EXPANDED RANGE OF PERIPHERALS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL

Missing

N/A

Finish

GREY SYNTHETIC SIDE & PANELS/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM/ TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED FRONT PANEL & CONTROL PANEL COVER/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANEL/ METALLIC PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC BUTTONS & SWITCHES

Decoration

N/A