General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

5

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic cassette and case with paper labels

Dimensions

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

Length

10.9 cm

Width

7.0 cm

Height

1.7 cm

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

1978-1987

Canada

USED IN CANADA BY CANADIAN ORGANIZATION FORADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES.

Function

Storage medium used to store computer data. Specifically this cassette was used to store payroll information.

Technical

L FAMILY OF COMPUTERS WAS INTRODUCED BY BURROUGHS IN EARLY 1970S. THEY COULD OPERATE AS STAND ALONE COMPUTERS OR REMOTE DATA COMMUNICATION TERMINALS & REFLECTED DEMAND FOR NETWORKS OF COMPUTERS OF VARYING SIZES WITHIN ORGANIZATIONS (REF. 3)./ THIS WAS HYBRID BETWEEN ELECTRO-MECHANICAL & FULLY ELECTRONIC COMPUTER (EAD).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Label on proper front side: "SIDE A/ Burroughs Corporation [logo]"/ Paper label, half adhered on proper front side: "PROGRAM MASTER"/ Label on proper back side: "[arrow] YES-WRITE-NO [arrow]/ B/ [arrow] NO-WRITE-YES [arrow]/ A/ [logo]/ SIDE B"/ Printed on proper top edge: "3646 0295"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

White synthetic tape cassette with gold-coloured and off-white label on one side, and off-white label with blue and blackelements on the other side. Top edge has two red synthetic pieces. Cassette is stored inside a translucent synthetic case with white paper labels with black printed and black and red handwritten markings.

Decoration

N/A