Central processing unit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/CORE MEMORY/NETWORK
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0819.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Control Data Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- CYBER 170/101
- LOCATION
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, FRAME, COMPONENT CHASSIS', WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WOOD PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 230.0 cm
- Width
- 89.0 cm
- Height
- 202.0 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
- Control
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Mississauga
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1975+
- Canada
-
THIS MACHINE IS THE FIRST CYBER 170 COMPUTER MADE IN CANADA, SPECIFICALLY AT CONTROL DATA'S MANUFACTURING SITEIN MISSISSAUGA, ONT. IT WAS THE FIRST CDC COMPUTER TO USE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INSTEAD OF TRANSISTORS. - Function
-
A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. THIS IS A LARGE COMPUTER DESIGNED TO PERFORM HIGH SPEED SCIENTIFIC PROCESSING. - Technical
-
CYBER 170 IS A FAMILY OF WIDELY USED SCIENTIFIC COMPUTERS INTRODUCED IN 1974. IT IS DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER SYSTEMS BY ITS NETWORK OF PPS (UP TO 21), EACH WITH ARITHMETIC UNIT & MEMORY. MULTIPLE OPERATIONS & SUBS COULD OPERATE CONCURRENTLY IN DIFFERENT 'FUNCTIONAL UNITS'. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INTERIOR DECAL READS 'CONTROL DATA/ CANADA, LTD./ MISSISSAUGA, ONT./ MEADOWVALE OPERATION/ CENTRAL COMPUTER/ EQUIP IDENT. NO. AA107 A SERIES 01/ PART NO. 19200300 SER. NO. 1/ EQUIPMENT IDENT. MADE IN CANADA'/ SIMILAR DECALS READ 'PP OPTION SWITCH/ EQUIP. IDENT. NO. CSE 18250 A SERIES 01/ PART NO. 19264200 SER. NO. 162' & 'CENTRAL PROCESSOR ADD-ON/ EQUIP. IDENT. NO. AD103 SERIES A47/ PART NO. 19200600 SER. NO. 102'/ DECAL 'POWER SUPPLY/ PWR SUP ASSY 12V/ PART NO. 21922900'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK PAINTED FRAME/ TEXTURED TAN PAINTED DOORS ON EACH LONG SIDE/ SYNTHETIC BROWN WOOD GRAIN COVERING & METALLIC EDGING ON CASING END PANELS/ BLACK PAINTED & METALLIC INTERIOR CASINGS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- GREY SIMULATED MARBLE PLATE ON CASING END PANEL WITH BLACK LINING & LETTERING READING 'CONTROL DATA/ CYBER 170'
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Control Data Canada Ltd., Central processing unit, 1975, Artifact no. 1986.0819, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0819.001/
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