Tape, data processing

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OBJECT TYPE: magnetic
DATE: Unknown
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0359.002

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: Data processing tape collection
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metal tin with paper labels and documents with synthetic tape inside

Dimensions

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

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Width: N/A
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Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1961-1980
Canada: COMPUTER DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY OF MAJOR COMPUTER MFR. SPERRY. IT WAS CANADIAN WORLD FIRST IN FIELD OF COMPUTERIZEDINDUSTRIAL CONTROL. ABOUT 50 SYSTEMS WERE SOLD, FOR VARIETY OF MACHINE TOOLS SUCH AS TURRET DRILLS, JIG BORING MACHINES, & FIRST C.N.C INSPECTION MACHINES AT BOEING.
Function: Unknown
Technical: UMAC 5 WAS ARGUABLY WORLD'S FIRST COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM (SEE VARDALAS IN SUPP. INFO.) ITS MOST IMPORTANT DESIGN FEATURE WAS THAT ALL CONTROL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED WERE MADE BY REPROGRAMMING RATHER THAN ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF ELECTRONIC HARDWARE AS IN EARLIER SYSTEMS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Unknown
Finish: Grey metal tin containing several magnetic tapes of varying colours (red, blue, green, yellow, silver)
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Tape, data processing, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1985.0359, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0359.002/

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