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

More Information


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

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

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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