Central processing unit

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OBJECT TYPE: WIRE-WRAPPED/CORE MEMORY
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2038.001

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines
MODEL: S/360/2020
LOCATION: Armonk, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2020 50056
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC COUNTER TOP/ METAL CONTROL UNIT HOUSING WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL & CONTROL KNOBS & BUTTONS/ 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: 152.2 cm
Width: 73.7 cm
Height: 142.5 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: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Armonk

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AFTER 1964 TO 1987
Canada: AN IBM S/360 COMPUTER USED BY A CANADIAN FIRM, THE BULGER GROUP OF COMPANIES, A TORONTO BASED ORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATORS & CONSULTANTS IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Function: THE PRIMARY COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER, CONTAINING THE ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, CONTROL UNIT, & A SMALL AMOUNT OF MEMORY, & USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO PROCESS THE RELEVANT DATA AS REQUIRED.
Technical: ANNOUNCED IN 1964, IBM S/360 WAS 1ST OF 3RD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS & WAS 1ST FAMILY OF COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS. FAMILY CONSISTED OF 150 PRODUCTS & AT THAT TIME WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT IN HISTORY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS. MODEL 20 WAS INTRODUCED IN LATE 1960'S (REF.1). ACCORDING TO WILLIAMS (REF.3), MODEL 20 WAS LOW END INCOMPATIBLE PROCESSOR FOR USERS NEEDING MINIMAL FACILITIES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK & GREY METAL PANEL MOUNTED ON CONTROL UNIT TOP READS IN GREY & BLACK 'IBM' & 'SYSTEM 360'/ BLACK & GREY METAL EXTERIOR PLATE READING IN GREY & BLACK 'IBM 2020/ Processing Unit'/ INTERIOR PLATE READS 'PROPERTY OF/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES, CORP./ 2020 50056 EO/ ARMONK. N.Y.'/ INTERIOR FRAME INCISED '2020 50056'/ LABEL ON CONTROL PANEL READS 'IBM' WITH TYPEWRITTEN '2020-50056'/ BLACK & GREYLETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL & CONTROLS
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED GREY PAINTED FINISH ON CASING WITH BLUE TEXTURED FRONT & BACK PANELS/ BRUSHED METAL CONTROL UNIT CASING WITH GREY SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL & MULTICOLOURED CONTROLS & LIGHTS/ BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR FRAME
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines, Central processing unit, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1987.2038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2038.001/

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