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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR/32K CORE MEMORY
DATE: 1961–1963
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1977.0315.003

MANUFACTURER: Ferranti-Packard Ltd.
MODEL: FP 6000
LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASINGS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 245.7 cm
Width: 86.4 cm
Height: 152.8 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: Ferranti
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Nova Scotia
Period: 1964-1977
Canada: FP6000 WAS FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE TIME-SHARING MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER, BUILT BY F-P AS PART OF ITS ATTEMPT TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS VIABLE CANADIAN COMPUTER MFR. FROM 1962-1965 5 WERE SOLD, 3 IN CANADA. IN 1965, FERRANTI OF BRITAIN SOLD RIGHTS TO FP6000 TO INTERNATIONAL COMPUTERS & TABULATORS LTD. (LATER ICL).
Function: A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS MEDIUM SIZED COMPUTER WAS USED TO CARRY OUT MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATIONS & PROCESS EXPERIMENTAL DATA RELATING TO DEFENCE SCIENCE APPLICATIONS, SUCH AS UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS.
Technical: FP6000 WAS FIRST AFFORDABLE, MID-SIZED COMPUTER WITH HIGHLY EFFICIENT MULTI-PROGRAMMING CAPABILITY, PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE ONLY IN LARGE, COSTLY MACHINES. IT BECAME BASIS FOR ICL'S HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL 1900 SERIES, OF WHICH 3500 WERE SOLD. LATTER WAS INTENDED AS COMPETITION FOR IBM 360 & MADE ICL DOMINANT PLAYER IN BRITAIN'S COMPUTER INDUSTRY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: EACH UNIT HAS WHITE SYNTHETIC PLATE WITH GREEN LETTERING READING 'FP 6000'/ GREEN & BEIGE PAINTED PLATE WITH WHITE & BEIGE 'Ferranti ELECTRONICS' & BLACK 'A DIVISION OF FERRANTI PACKARD ELECTRIC LIMITED'
Missing: NONE APPARENT
Finish: BEIGE ENAMEL PAINTED CASINGS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC WORKING PARTS/
Decoration: EACH UNIT HAS BLACK PAINTED METAL STRIP WITH BRUSHED METAL EDGING ACROSS TOP, FRONT & BACK

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Ferranti-Packard Ltd., Computer, between 1961–1963, Artifact no. 1977.0315, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1977.0315.003/

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