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OBJECT TYPE
PORTABLE DISK PACK/TRANSISTOR
DATE
1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1980.0477.001
MANUFACTURER
Control Data Corp.
MODEL
9431/DISC STORAGE DRIVE
LOCATION
Minneapolis, Michigan, United States of America

More Information


General Information

Serial #
4616
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVER & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length
91.3 cm
Width
60.8 cm
Height
103.5 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
Control
Country
United States of America
State/Province
Michigan
City
Minneapolis

Context

Country
Canada
State/Province
Ontario
Period
1970-1980
Canada
USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Function
AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.
Technical
A DISK DRIVE MADE BY CDC, MARKETED AS PART OF THE GE 115 SYSTEM. IN THE MID 1960'S CDC BEGAN MFG. PERIPHERALS, BOTH FOR ITS OWN COMPUTERS & FOR SALE TO OTHER MFRS. GENERAL ELECTRIC PURCHASED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS FROM CDC. GE PRODUCED COMPUTERS FROM C. 1960 TO 1970 WHENITS COMPUTER BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO HONEYWELL.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
INTERIOR DECALS READING 'CONTROL DATA/ CORPORATION/ MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA/ NORMANDALE OPERATION/ DISK STORAGE DRIVE/ PART NO. 41250131 SERIAL NO. 4616/ 60 Hz 3?3 WIRE 3000 B.T.U/HR/ 208 V/ 3 A/O 480 POUNDS/ MADE IN U.S.A.'; 'CONTROL DATA/ SER. NO. 41253609/ MOD. LEVEL 8'; 'CANADIAN TRACKING NO./ 0036467/ Honeywell'/ BLUE SYNTHETIC PLATE ON EXTERIOR READING 'GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC'/ INTERIOR STAMPED IN RED 'ACCEPTED AUG. 13 1968'
Missing
N/A
Finish
TEXTURED LIGHT BLUE PAINTED LOWER CASING SIDE PANELS, RIBBED FRONT & BACK/ TEXTURED DARK BLUE PAINTED CASING TOP SIDES, RIBBED TOP WITH BLUE SYNTHETIC WINDOW/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ WHITE TEXTURED SYNTHETIC DISK COMPARTMENT/ BLACK PAINTED & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS/ BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL
Decoration
N/A

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