General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

8

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

ALUMINUM REELS WITH PLASTIC SEAL RING/ SYNTHETIC TAPE/ PAPER LABELS

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

27.2 cm

Height

3.5 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 60'S TO 1978

Canada

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

Function

STORAGE MEDIUM USED TO STORE LARGE QUANTITIES OF COMPUTER DATA, CONSISTING OF PLASTIC TAPE COATED WITH MAGNETIC MATERIAL ON WHICH INFORMATION IS STORED IN FORM OF MAGNETIZED SPOTS (REF. 1)

Technical

IN 1963 HONEYWELL INTRODUCED H-200 COMPUTER TO COMPETE WITH IBM 1400. IT WAS MARKETED WITH RANGE OF PERIPHERALS, INCLUDING SEVERAL TAPE DRIVES SUCH AS 200 SERIES (SEE MODEL 204B - 790139). LATTER WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL, WITH SEVERAL HUNDRED UNITS SOLD, DISPLACING SOME IBM'S. THROUGH 1960'S.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

HANDWRITTEN PAPER LABELS READ "111625" AND "021660521"/ BLUE PRESSURE SENSITIVE IDENTIFICATION LABEL READS "111625"/ MOULDED LETTERING ON SEALS READS "Wright [SCRIPT]/ LINE/ TAPE SEAL/ U.S. PAT./ 3310178"

Missing

.3 RING

Finish

METALLIC REELS WITH WHITE SEALS & BLACK LATCHES/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT TAPES

Decoration

N/A