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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1960
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1983.0023.001
- MANUFACTURER
- International Business Machines Corp.
- MODEL
- SAGE AN-FSQ-7/ 728 III
- LOCATION
- New York, New York, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 11187
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, DOOR, WORKING PARTS/ GLASS WINDOWS, COVERS, & TUBES/ SYNTHETIC BUTTONS & WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 79.0 cm
- Width
- 73.0 cm
- Height
- 175.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 425.0
- 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
- New York
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCT. 1963 TO JUNE 15, 1983
- Canada
-
SAGEWAS 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
-
AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY & OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE. - Technical
-
ONE OF TWO MODELS OF IBM 728 TAPE DRIVE USED WITH SAGE COMPUTER (728 II & III). 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, & OTHER INNOVATIONS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE READING "MANUFACTURED BY/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION/ X-728 11187 M1/ 590 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK 22, N.Y."/ INCISED "11137" BESIDE PLATE/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON BUTTONS
- Missing
- Adhesive residue across top centre of front door acrylic suggests missing label (noted in previous condition checks).
- Finish
- TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ BRUSHED METAL DOOR WITH TINTED TRANSPARENT WINDOWS/ YELLOW, DARK BLUE, & RED PUSH BUTTONS/ TEXTURED CHARCOAL GREY PAINTED INTERIOR WITH BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT GLASS PARTS
- Decoration
- NONE
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International Business Machines Corp., Drive, tape, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0023, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0023.001/
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