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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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