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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR/32K CORE MEMORY
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0071.004

MANUFACTURER: Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div.
MODEL: UNIVAC III/ 4118 PROCESSOR 197
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 4
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 111.3 cm
Width: 82.8 cm
Height: 188.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital computing devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Sperry
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: CIRCA 1964 TO CIRCA 1981
Canada: ONE OF SEVERAL AMERICAN MADE UNIVAC III COMPUTERS USED FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 YEARS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE (BILLING) PURPOSES BY ONE OF CANADA'S MAJOR UTILITIES, BELL CANADA. FIRST UNIVAC IIIS USED BY BELL WERE INSTALLED IN MONTREAL IN 1964. TORONTO RECEIVED TWO UNIVACS IN 1966, & LATER TWO USED UNITS WERE ADDED.
Function: PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, CORE MEMORY UNITS, PERIPHERAL SYNCHRONIZERS, & POWER SUPPLIES, USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS, STORE INSTRUCTIONS & DATA, CONTROL PERIPHERALS ETC. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY LARGE UTILITY COMPANY FOR BILLING.
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1951, ORIGINAL UNIVAC COMPUTER WAS ONE OF FIRST WIDELY USED GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS, & MADE REMINGTON RAND FIRST LARGE- SCALE COMPUTER VENDOR. UNIVAC II APPEARED IN 1957 & ITS TRANSISTOR BASED SUCCESSOR, UNIVAC III IN 1962. LATTER WAS INCOMPATIBLE WITH PREDECESSORS & WAS LATE ARRIVING IN MARKET BUT WAS MODEST SUCCESS, SELLING ALMOST 100, UNTIL APPEARANCE OF IBM 360.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EXTERIOR MFR'S PLATES READING "UNIVAC/ DIVISION/ OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION/ MADE IN USA" & "THIS EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE/ OF THE FOLLOWING UNITES STATES PATENTS" WITH PATENT NOS. FOLLOWING
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: TEXTURED BEIGE & BUFF PAINTED CASING PANELS/ GLOSSY BUFF PAINTED INTERIOR PANELS/ BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ GREY PAINTED VENTS
Decoration: N/A

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Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div., Central processing unit, circa 1964, Artifact no. 1983.0071, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0071.004/

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