Punch, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: paper
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1981.1688.004

MANUFACTURER: Teletype Corp.
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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

Length: 36.0 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Height: 29.8 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: Teletype
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Chicago

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: COMPUTER PERIPHERAL DEVICE WHICH WHICH INSCRIBES DATA ON PAPER TAPE IN THE FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES.
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: N/A
Missing: casing and covers
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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Teletype Corp., Punch, tape, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1981.1688, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1688.004/

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