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- OBJECT TYPE
- 80 COLUMN/ELECTROMECHANICAL
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0021.001
- MANUFACTURER
- International Business Machines Corp.
- MODEL
- SAGE AN-FSQ-7/ 713
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- 10059
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC BUTTONS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 80.0 cm
- Width
- 87.0 cm
- Height
- 80.0 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 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
-
INPUT DEVICE FOR LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, USED TO READ DATA INSCRIBED ON CARDS IN FORM OF PUNCHED HOLES, PROVIDING MEANS OF TRANSFERRING DATA TO COMPUTER. PREPUNCHED CARDS WERE MECHANICALLY FED INTO READER, WHICH SENSED PUNCHED HOLES WITH BRUSHES & TRANSFERRED DATA TO COMPUTER VIA SUMMARY PUNCH CONNECTOR. - Technical
-
CARD READER MODEL 713 WAS MODIFIED VERSION OF IBM MODEL 5081& USED STANDARD 80 COLUMN CARD. IT WAS PART OF 32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. SAGE WAS FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH DUPLEXED COMPUTER OPERATION, MAGNETIC (FERRITE) CORE MEMORY, & OTHER INNOVATIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DETACHED SYNTHETIC COVERED LOGO READING "IBM/ 713 Card Reader"/ REMAINING INTERIOR PLATE READS "VOLTS 115 CODE 713 AMPERES 62/ 60 CYCLES 1 PHASE"
- Missing
- ONE INTERIOR MFR.'S PLATE HAS BEEN REMOVED
- Finish
- TEXTURE LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM/ BLACK & RED BUTTONS
- Decoration
- N/A
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International Business Machines Corp., Reader, card, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0021, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0021.001/
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