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OBJECT TYPE: MAIN FRAME
DATE: 1961
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1688.003

MANUFACTURER: International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
MODEL: ITT 7300/7301
LOCATION: Paramus, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS; SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER? WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length: 56.5 cm
Width: 68.5 cm
Height: 170.5 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: IT&T
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Paramus

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: C. 1962+
Canada: THIS WAS ONE OF FIRST COMPUTERS OF ITS TYPE OPERATING IN CANADA, USED BY MAJOR CANADIAN MFR., ALCAN ALUMINUM. AFTER IT WAS RETURNED TO DIGITAL EQUIPMENT OF CANADA, IT WAS DONATED TO NMSTC. (T.J. PAUL, CURATOR OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, MARCH 1983)
Function: PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, CONTROL UNIT, & MEMORY, & USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO PROCESS RELEVANT DATA AS REQUIRED. IN MESSAGE MODE IT SERVED AS AUTOMATIC MESSAGE SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEM IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK; IN DATA MODE IT WAS ORDINARY CPU.
Technical: FIXED WORD LENGTH, BINARY, SINGLE ADDRESS SEQUENTIAL PROCESSOR WITH INTERNAL MEMORY CAPACITY OF 65,536 WORDS (REF. 1)./ COMPUTER CONTAINS PDP-1 PROCESSOR APPARENTLY USED TO CONTROL TANDEM ACCELERATOR. THIS WAS LIKELY THE SECOND DEC PDP-1 MADE IN CANADA, IN LATE 1963 (REF. 3).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: HAND WRITTEN LABEL OF BOX TAPE ON CABINET READS "CPU/ CAB/ #6"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: TEXTURED MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING PANELS, BRUSHED METAL FRAMES, TEXTURED WHITE PAINTED CASING END PANELS
Decoration: N/A

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International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., Central processing unit, 1961, Artifact no. 1981.1688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1688.003/

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