Central processing unit

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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0763.001

MANUFACTURER: IBM Canada Ltd..
MODEL: SYSTEM 3/ 5410
LOCATION: Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL, CONTROLS, & PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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Length: 119.4 cm
Width: 61.2 cm
Height: 152.0 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: IBM
Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1977-1984
Canada: PART OF COMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY CANADIAN ORGANIZATION IN CARRYING OUT ITS ACTIVITIES & PROCEDURES.
Function: PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. CPU IS PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, CONTROL UNIT, & SMALL AMOUNT OF MEMORY, & USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO PROCESS RELEVANT DATA AS REQUIRED.
Technical: IN 1969 IBMINTRODUCED SYSTEM 3 GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER & 5495 DATA RECORDER (860817) WHICH USED 96 COLUMN CARD RATHER THAN OLD 80 COLUMN CARD. ALTHOUGH SMALLER, FORMER COULD RECORD UP TO 20% MORE DATA. THIS WAS LAST MAJOR INTRODUCTION OF PUNCHED CARD-BASED EQUIPMENT SINCE BY THIS TIME, USE OF PUNCHED CARDS WAS ALREADY IN DECLINE. BY LATE 1970S, SYSTEM 3 WAS MARKETED WITH IBM 1442 80 COLUMN CARD READ PUNCH (840767).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING "IBM System 3"/ BLACK, WHITE, & GREY LABELS READING "IBM 5410/ Processing Unit"/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS.
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: CASING PAINTED MEDIUM BLUE, WHITE, & GREY/ GLOSSY BLACK PAINTED & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK CONTROL PANEL/ MULTICOLOURED & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CONTROLS/ INTERIOR CASINGS PAINTED BLACK
Decoration: N/A

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IBM Canada Ltd.., Central processing unit, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1984.0763, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0763.001/

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