General Information

Serial #

44

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

GLASS/ METAL/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

6.4 cm

Width

2.1 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Vacuum Tubes

Category

Computer

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Rogers

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1950'S

Canada

ADDITRON WAS DEVELOPED BY JOSEPH KATES, MEMBER OF UTEC, WHICH WAS ONE OF FOREMOST COMPUTER DEVELOPMENT GROUPS IN CANADA IN EARLY 1950'S; UTEC OPERATED BRITISH MADE FERRUT COMPUTER, 1ST GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER SOLD & USED IN CANADA. IN 1954 KATES FORMED FIRST COMPUTER CONSULTING GROUP IN CANADA, KCS DATA CONTROL LTD.

Function

COMPUTER ARITHMETIC CIRCUIT WHICH ADDS BINARY NUMBERS.

Technical

ADDITRON TUBE COMBINED VARIOUS VACUUM TUBESFOUND IN COMPUTER ARITHMETIC CIRCUIT INTO ONE VACUUM TUBE UNIT. UTEC DECIDED TO TRY TO USE ADDITRON IN FERRUT COMPUTER C(SEE 860818). KATES DID USE IT IN COMPUTERIZED TIC-TAC-TOE GAME, WHICH HE BELIEVED WAS FIRST COMPUTER VIDEO GAME. IT WAS EXHIBITED IN 1951 AT CNE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MARKED 'ROGER/ PAT. CANADA 3350' & HAND INKED 'XA3466/ #44'/ NON-ORIGINAL BOXHANDWRITTEN IN RED 'Binary Adder/ Tube (Kates)'

Missing

N/A

Finish

COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS & SYNTHETIC/ METALLIC & BLACK METAL

Decoration

N/A