General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE/ DRUM HAS METAL BASE, FRAME, WORKING PARTS & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

76.0 cm

Width

76.0 cm

Height

102.0 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 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

ACTUAL MEMORY COMPONENT OF PERIPHERAL DATA STORAGE DEVICE (DRUM MEMORY UNIT 80013) OF LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, USED FOR LONG TERM OR MASS DATA STORAGE. DATA IS STORED AS MAGNETIZED AREAS ON CIRCULAR TRACKS ON POLISHED SURFACE OF DRUM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF DATA STORAGE DEVICE WHICH USES MAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF ELECTRONIC PULSES TO STORE DATA ON POLISHED METAL SURFACE OF RAPIDLY ROTATING CYLINDER. SLOWNESS MADE THEM MORE USEFUL AS STORAGE THAN MEMORY. THIS ONE IS AUXILIARY UNIT OF SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND COMPUTER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

FOUR PAPER LABELS AFFIXED WITH MASKING TAPE, WITH HANDWRITTEN "3115857 INSPECTED 12-18-63", "311587 DRUM", & "3115857 DO NOT OPEN/ PRESERVED 8/27/62/ METHOD 11"/ "STENCILED IN WHITE ON CASE: "DELICATE-INSTRUMENT", "DO-NOT-DROP", "HANDLE-WITH-CARE", "NOTICE-KEEP-THIS-SIDE UP"

Missing

N/A

Finish

DARK GREY PAINTED CASE/ GREY PAINTED BASE/ METALLIC, BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC

Decoration

N/A