Tape, data processing
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- OBJECT TYPE
- magnetic
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0359.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
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.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1961-1980
- Canada
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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
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Unknown - Technical
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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
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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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