General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METALS, PLASTICS, WOOD, GLASS.

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

57.0 cm

Height

87.8 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

NRC

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

X. 1958- 1967

Canada

ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPUTER, BUILT AT NRC AS PART OF MILITARY SOUND RANGING SYSTEM TO HELP IN LOCATING ENEMY WEAPONS. PROGRAM OPERATED FROM C. 1958-1967: THIS UNIT WAS NEVER USED IN THE FIELD. IT WAS ALSO USED AS MAIN COMPUTER IN FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH LED TO NRC'S R&D PROJECT IN COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING (CAL), C.1967-68.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, USED TO DETECT & MONITOR SOUND PRODUCED BY LOW-FREQUENCY MILITARY WEAPONS, SUCH AS MORTARS AND ARTILLERY EQ, SPECIFICALLY TO ACT AS A MOBILE GUN LOCATOR IN SOUND-RANGING PROGRAM TRIALS.

Technical

ONE OF 1ST DIGITAL COMPUTERS DEV'T & USED IN CANADA. IT WAS UNIQUE DESIGN FOR PERIOD IN THAT IT OPERATED USING ENCAPSULATED COMPUTER CIRCUITRY (TRANSISTOR), & PERFORMED SYNCHRONIZED COMPUTING (AS OPPOSED TO CLOCK-CYCLE OPERATIONS). COMPUTER READ DATA RECORDED ON 1-INCH MAGNETIC TAPE. SOUND WAS RECORDED AT LOW LEVELS & SPEEDS BUT WAS ENHANCED WHEN TRANSMITTED TO COMPUTER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

UNKNOWN PARTS

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A