General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW/ SYNTHETIC BUTTONS, TAPE DRIVE PANEL, REEL, WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

78.4 cm

Width

77.0 cm

Height

162.0 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

Sperry

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1964- TO CIRCA 1981

Canada

PERIPHERAL FOR ONE OFSEVERAL 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 IN 1966, & LATER TWO USED UNIVACS WERE ADDED.

Function

COMPUTER PERIPHERAL USED AS AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE FOR LARGE QUANTITY & OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE.

Technical

DESIGN OF UNIVAC III COMPUTER RELIED EXTENSIVELY ON UNISERVO III TAPE DRIVE WHICH, FOR ITS TIME, HAD HIGH DENSITY OF 1000 FRAMES PER INCH & HIGH READ-WRITE SPEED OF 133,000 CHARACTERS PER SECOND. UNIVAC III WAS MODERATELY SUCCESSFUL TRANSISTOR BASED SUCCESSOR TO UNIVACS I & II; INTRODUCED IN 1951, UNIVAC WAS ONE OF FIRST WIDELY USED & SUCCESSFUL GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE READS "UNIVAC" & "Remington/ Rand/ Univac [SCRIPT]/ DIVISION OF/ SPERRY RAND CORPORATION/ THIS EQUIPMENT IS MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE OR MORE/ OF THE FOLLOWING UNITES STATES PATENTS" WITH PATENT NOS. FOLLOWING/ 2ND PLATE READS "UNIVAC" & "DESIGNED AND/ MANUFACTURED BY/ Remington/ Rand/ Univac [SCRIPT]/ DIVISION OF/ SPERRY RAND CORPORATION"/WHITE & BLACK PRINTING ON BUTTONS & CASING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ "UNIVAC IN WHITE ON REEL/ "374607" ON BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED ADHESIVE LABEL

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING/ TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED FRONT PANEL WITH BRUSHED METAL WINDOW FRAME, COLOURLESS, SYNTHETIC WINDOW/ DARK GREY FRAME & METALLIC TRIM/ RED, YELLOW, GREEN & BLUE LIGHT-CONTROL BUTTONS/ BUFF TAPE DRIVE PANEL WITH BLACK PAINTED PARTS

Decoration

INCISED LINES ON PORTION OF TAPE DRIVE PANEL