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OBJECT TYPE: SIGNAL PROCESSOR/TEAMED ARCHITECTURE
DATE: 1980
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0235.001

MANUFACTURER: Motorola Information Systems Ltd.
MODEL: T-ASP
LOCATION: Brampton, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DIALS & SWITCHES

Dimensions

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Length: 107.0 cm
Width: 74.0 cm
Height: 200.0 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: Motorola
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Brampton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1980'S
Canada: FIRST GENERATION/PROTOTYPE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT COMPUTER THAT WAS ONE OF MOST POWERFUL SIGNAL PROCESSING COMPUTERS IN WORLD CIRCA 1980. ORIGINAL RESEARCH WAS DONE BY DREA IN MID 1970'S; TECHNOLOGY WAS TRANSFERRED TO MISL (MOTOROLA) TO BUILD PROTOTYPE MACHINE WHICH WAS DELIVERED TO DREA IN 1980.
Function: DEVICE FOR COMPUTER MANIPULATION IN REAL TIME OF DATA DERIVED FROM SENSOR INPUTS, (IN THIS CASE SONAR SYSTEM) TO MODIFY DATA, INTERPRET IT, & DERIVE INFORMATION FROM IT.
Technical: THIS COMPUTER HAD SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURAL ADVANCES IN INTER-ELEMENT COMMUNICATION & MEMORY ADDRESSING TECHNIQUES, USING 'TEAMED' PARALLEL/PIPELINED ARCHITECTURE. LATER VERSION T-ASP II WAS USED FOR NUMBER OF MILITARY APPLICATIONS INCLUDING TOWED ARRAY SONAR SYSTEMS FOR CANADIAN NAVY PATROL FRIGATES & WAS ALSO MARKETED BY MISL FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON INTERIOR BOX (POSSIBLY CPU) 'DATA SYSTEMS DESIGN/ MODEL 210/ SERIAL NO.922/ VOLTS 110 HERTZ 60 AMPS 2.5'/ 'DREA/ 3744'/ TOP FRONT: 'T-ASP/ TEAMED-ARCHITECTURE SIGNAL PROCESSOR'/ LABELS ON VARIOUS UNITS: 'ESE POWER SUPPLY/ WORKING MEMORY [3 TIMES]/ TRANSFER/ CACHE MEMORY/ ARITHMETIC UNIT [4 TIMES]/ ARITHMETIC UNIT CONTROLLER/ POWER SUPPLY CONTROLLER'/ CALIBRATIONS & INSTRUCTIONS AROUND VARIOUS KNOBS & SWITCHES/ LABEL ON SIDE: 'ESE ESE LIMITED/ ATTN: Mr. J. Wagner-Dartmouth/ Spare Reservation for Electronic Equipment/ 1280 ALBION RD. REXDALE (TORONTO) ONTARIO M9V 1C1 (418) 749-2271'
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: LIGHT GRAY CABINET WITH BLACK TRIM/ BLUE UNITS WITH BLACK TRIM & SILVER PRINTING/ BLACK & WHITE UNITS WITH SILVER PRINTING/ TOP & BOTTOM PANELS GOLD COLOURED WITH BLACK PRINTING
Decoration: TOP FRONT PANELS HAS NAME OF PROCESSOR PRINTED ON IN LARGE LETTERS.

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Motorola Information Systems Ltd., Computer, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1989.0235, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0235.001/

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