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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1961–1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1981.1691.001
- MANUFACTURER
- International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.
- MODEL
- 7330/7331
- LOCATION
- Paramus, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, BUTTONS, KNOBS, LIGHTS, METER CASINGS/ RUBBER? WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 204.0 cm
- Width
- 68.0 cm
- Height
- 175.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 785.0
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral 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
- CIRCA 1962+
- Canada
-
PART OF ONE OF FIRST COMPUTERS OF ITS TYPE OPERATING IN CANADA, USED BY MAJOR CANADIAN MANUFACTURER, 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
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COMPONENT OF COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATIC MESSAGE SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEM IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, CONTAINING INCOMING & OUTGOING LINES THAT ENABLE DIRECT DATA TRANSMISSION TO & FROM REMOTE TERMINALS, & ACTING AS CONVERTER TO PERMIT INTERCHANGE OF CODED CHARACTERS BETWEEN LINES & MULTIPLEXED MESSAGE PROCESSOR. - Technical
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Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DETACHED PLATE READS "ITT/ 7300 ADX SYSTEM"/ BLACK LETTERING ON EXTERIOR PLATE READS "MODEL 7330 INCOMING LINE UNIT GROUP,/ MODEL 7331 OUTGOING LINE UNIT GROUP"/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON CONTROL PANELS/ WHITE LETTEING ON INTERIO COMPONENT READS "ITT LEVEL CONVERTER/ 7332/ ITT- INFORMATION SYSTEMS DIVISION/ NEW YORK, NEW YORK"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- TEXTURED MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING PANELS WITH TEXTURED WHITE PAINTED CASING END PANEL/ BRUSHED METAL FRAME/ GREY & BLUE PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANELS WITH BLACK, WHITE, BROWN CONTROLS, LIGHTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC METER CASINGS WITH COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT COVERS
- Decoration
- N/A
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International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., Line unit, circa 1961–1963, Artifact no. 1981.1691, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1981.1691.001/
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