General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME ASSEMBLY/ METAL WIRING/ CORE ARE COMPOSED OF MIXTURE OF FERRIC & MANGANESE OXIDE POWDERS

Dimensions

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

Length

93.7 cm

Width

93.7 cm

Height

2.0 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

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 CONTINENT; THIS EQUIPMENT IS FROM SAGE CENTRE OF 22ND NORAD REGION, AT CFB NORTH BAY, ONT. THIS WAS ONLY NON-AMERICAN SAGE CENTRE & ONLY "HARDENED" (UNDERGROUND) SITE.

Function

ACTUAL MEMORY UNIT OF CORE MEMORY OF LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, ONE OF 33 HORIZONTAL LAYERS OF CORE MEMORY ARRAY (830010). IN CORE MEMORY, DATA IS STORED ON TINY MAGNETIZED RINGS SUSPENDED IN IN GRID OF CURRENT CARRYING WIRES.

Technical

32 BIT AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. FERRITE CORE MEMORY DEVELOPED FOR WHIRLWIND & AT IBM WAS USED IN SAGE COMPUTER & SOON AFTER IN OTHER COMPUTERS. SAGE WAS ALSO FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH BUILT-IN-INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS, HIGH SPEED MODEMS, & OTHER INNOVATIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

NONE

Finish

FRAME ASSEMBLY PAINTED LIGHT GREEN

Decoration

N/A