Input-output device

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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1964
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0072.001

MANUFACTURER: Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div.
MODEL: UNIVAC III/ 124
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL TABLE, CASINGS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC BUTTONS & LIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 175.5 cm
Width: 85.2 cm
Height: 95.5 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: Sperry
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: CIRCA 1964 TO CIRCA 1981
Canada: CONTROL UNIT FOR 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 UNIVACS USED BY BELL WERE INSTALLED IN MONTREAL IN 1964. TORONTO RECEIVED TWO UNIVACS IN 1966, & LATER TWO USED UNITS WERE ADDED.
Function: INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE CONTAINING CONTROLS & INDICATORS TO OPERATE MAIN FRAME COMPUTER, INCLUDING CONTROL & MONITOR PANELS, KEYBOARD FOR DATA INPUT, LINE PRINTER FOR DATA OUTPUT.
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: BLACK & ORANGE PLATE ON KEYBOARD WITH RAISED METALLIC LETTERING READING "UNIVAC" & BLACK PRINTED "SPERRY RAND"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "UNIVAC/ DIVISION OF/ SPERRY RAND/ CORPORATION/ MADE INU.S.A."/ WHITE PRINTING ON LIGHTS INDICATING FUNCTIONS/ BLUE IMPRESSION STAMPED ADHESIVE LABELS FOR LIGHTS/ BROWN LETTERING ON KEYS/ BLACK LETTERING ON BUTTONS/ ADHESIVE GOLD LABEL WITH BLACK 'A' ON PRINTER
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: TABLE TOP & DRAWERS COVERED WITH PLASTICIZED COVERING WITH BEIGE WOOD PARQUET PATTERN/ TABLE SIDES, & KEYBOARD & PRINTER CASINGS PAINTED TEXTURED DARK GREY/ WHITE INDICATOR LIGHTS/ MULTICOLOURED LIGHTS & CONTROL BUTTONS/ BEIGE KEYS
Decoration: METALLIC TRIMS

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Sperry Rand Corp., Univac Div., Input-output device, circa 1964, Artifact no. 1983.0072, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1983.0072.001/

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