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OBJECT TYPE: GRAPHIC & DIGITAL DISPLAY
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0015.001

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines Corp.
MODEL: SAGE AN-FSQ-7
LOCATION: Kingston, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 566
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING, TABLE, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, WORKING PARTS, SCREEN COVER/ GLASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 109.0 cm
Width: 142.0 cm
Height: 122.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: 488.0
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: IBM
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AN/FSQ-7COMPUTER WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCTOBER 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: ELEMENT OF 'DISPLAY SYSTEM' OF LARGE MAIN FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, WHICH GRAPHICALLY & DIGITALLY DISPLAYED ALL AIR TRAFFIC & WATCHED FOR MISSILES. OPERATOR ENTERED FLIGHT PATH DATA USING LIGHT GUN.
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 BUILT-IN-INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS CONSISTING OF KEYBOARDS, LIGHT GUNS, & CRTS, WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FOR WHIRLWIND, AS WELL AS MAGNETIC CORE MEMORY, HIGH SPEED MODEMS, ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE ON TOP READING "CONSOLE, SITUATIONAL DISPLAY/ IBM PART NO. 3136003/ SERIAL NO. 566 CONTRACT NO. 30(635)18891/ MANUFACTURED BY/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES/ CORPORATION, KINGSTON, NEW YORK/ U.S."/ DETACHED PLATE READSSAME EXCEPT "CONTROL PANEL, DATA INPUT SELECTION/ IBM PART NO. 3046972/ SERIAL NO. 2766 CONTRACT AF 30(635)18891"/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING "INTERCEPT/ DIRECTOR 2-5/ W54/ 810"/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ HANDWRITTEN LETTERING ON SCREEN READS "DISARMED/ PCB/ Removed"
Missing: unknown
Finish: TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ GLOSSY DARK GREY PAINTED FRONT PANELS, SCREEN FRAME & HOOD, & TABLE TOP/ METALLIC TRIM/ GREY CONTROLS/ YELLOW DISPLAY SCREEN WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVER/ GREY PAINTED TELEPHONE DIAL/ RED LIGHTS
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Corp., Console, display, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0015, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0015.001/

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