General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, WORKING PARTS/ GLASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

287.0 cm

Width

83.0 cm

Height

169.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

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Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IBM

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCT. 1963 TO JUNE 15, 1983

Canada

SAGE WAS COMPUTERIZED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WHICH PROTECTED U.S. & CANADA FROM AIR ATTACK. IT CONSISTED OF NUMBER OF RADAR STATIONS & COMMAND CENTRES ACROSS THE CONTINENT; THIS EQUIPMENT IS FROM SAGE CENTRE OF 22ND NORAD REGION, AT CFB NORTH BAY, ONT. THIS WAS THE ONLY NON-AMERICAN SAGE CENTRE & ONLY "HARDENED" (UNDERGROUND) SITE.

Function

CONTROL COMPONENT OF LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER USED IN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM.

Technical

32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. SAGE WAS FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH DUPLEXED COMPUTER OPERATION, MAGNETIC (FERRITE) CORE MEMORY, LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INCLUDING HIGH-SPEED MODEMS, CRT DISPLAYS & LIGHT GUNS, OTHER INNOVATIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK & WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ REMNANTS OF LABELS OVER COMPONENTS READ FROM LEFT TO RIGHT "E" "D" "C" "B"

Missing

HALF OF MAIN CONTROL CONSOLE ONLY

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED FRONT PANELS FOR GREY PAINTED PANELS BACKING CONTROLS/ BLACK BASE/ WHITE, BLACK, LIGHT GREY, RED, NAVY, GREEN & YELLOW CONTROLS

Decoration

N/A