General Information

Serial #

1007

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER FEET/ GLASS LIGHT BULB

Dimensions

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

Length

26.8 cm

Width

21.7 cm

Height

20.8 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

Ferranti

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

C.1963-1977

Canada

CANADIAN MADE ACCESSORY COMPONENTS OF THE FP6000, THE FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE TIME-SHARING & MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER, BUILT BY FERRANTI-PACKARD IN ITS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO ESTABLISH ITSELF AS A VIABLE CANADIAN COMPUTER MANUFACTURER.

Function

A DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER TAPE & CONVERTS IT TO A PARALLEL 8 LEVEL SIGNAL FOR COMPUTER DATA INPUT

Technical

A SMALL TAPE READER CONTAINING A SILICON SOLAR CELL PHOTO-ELECTRIC READING SYSTEM & A DISK TAPE TRANSPORT FOR RAPID PROCESSING OF TAPES. THIS WAS A MAJOR ADVANCE FROM THE MECHANICAL READER. IT REQUIRED LOW MAINTENANCE & HAD HIGH READ SPEED AS COMPARED TO OTHER COMPUTER INPUT DEVICES OF THE PERIOD.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR PLATE READS 'FERRANTI-PACKARD ELECTRIC LIMITED/ TORONTO, CANADA/ ASSY 14251-G2/ TYPE 425/ SERIAL 1007/ MADE IN CANADA'/ METAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH BLACK LETTERING & LINES ON PLATED GROUND READING 'FERRANTI/ [LOGO]/ PACKARD'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

CASING PAINTED BEIGE ENAMEL/ BRUSHED METAL DISK DRIVE CHASSIS/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, RED SYNTHETIC/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A