Console, display
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- OBJECT TYPE
- GRAPHIC & DIGITAL DISPLAY
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0016.001
- MANUFACTURER
- International Business Machines Corp.
- MODEL
- SAGE AN-FSQ-7
- LOCATION
- Kingston, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 9
- 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
- 150.0 cm
- Width
- 155.0 cm
- Height
- 125.0 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
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New York
- City
- Kingston
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTERSYSTEM 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
- ON FRONT PANEL IN WHITE "INTERCEPT/ DIRECTOR 2-4/ W52/ 809"/ MFR'S PLATES FOR SIDE PIECES READ ON SINISTER SIDE "CONTROL PANEL, INPUT DATA SELECTION/ IBM PART. NO. 3046972/ SERIAL NO. 2765 CONTRACT NO. 30(635)18891/ MANUFACTURED BY/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES/ CORPORATION, KINGSTON, NEW YORK/ U.S." & ON DEXTER SIDE "SUPPORT, INPUT CONTROL PANEL/ IBM PART NO. 3046203/ SERIAL NO. 2726" WITH SAME MFR.'S NAME ETC./ MARKED ON SCOPE WITH GREASE PENCIL: "DISARMED" (IN BLUE) & 'PCB REMOVED' (IN BLACK)/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- unknown - at least one large component missing from PL bottom interior
- Finish
- TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ GLOSSY 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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