Gun, light

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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0025.002

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 #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METALS/ SYNTHETIC/ GLASS/ RUBBER

Dimensions

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

Length: 17.5 cm
Width: 3.5 cm
Height: 17.1 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 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: HANDHELD COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE USED WITH LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER. LIGHT GUN WAS MEANS OF TRANSMITTING INFORMATION FROM DISPLAY SYSTEM BACK TO COMPUTER. OPERATOR OF SITUATION DISPLAY CONSOLE (830015-16) AIMED GUN AT PART OF DISPLAY PERTINENT TO ACTION, SO INDICATING TO COMPUTER WHICH MESSAGE IT WAS TO ACT UPON.
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: .1-.2 INCISED LETTERING ON GUN READS "3134908 ASS'Y/.1 BLACK STAMPED LETTERING ON PLUG READS "P15", "788 10C", "2763 SW", & "3135912 ASS'Y"/.2 BLACK STAMPED LETTERING ON PLUG READS "3134908 ASS'Y", "P15", "751 10C", "2761 SW", "3135912 ASSY" WITH RED STAMPED "APR 20 1981" ON LABEL
Missing: N/A
Finish: PLATED FINISH ON GUN/ RED SYNTHETIC TRIGGER & LIGHT/ BLACK POWER CORD
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Corp., Gun, light, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0025, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0025.002/

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