General Information

Serial #

1663

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

159.1 cm

Width

90.1 cm

Height

140.5 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

Sperry

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

USED BY A CANADIAN EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION, POSSIBLY IN ONE OF ITS PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

Function

A COMPUTING DEVICE CONTAINING A CARD READER, A HIGH SPEED LINE PRINTER, & A PROCESSOR, WHICH EDITS & ACCUMULATES TOTALS FROM DATA ON PUNCHED CARDS & PRINTS THE RESULTS ON PAPER, PERFORMING ARITHMETIC, TRANSFER & COMPARE OPERATIONS.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A LATE 1960'S CARD PROCESSOR, PROGRAMMED BYTHE USER THROUGH WIRING OF A REMOVABLE CONNECTION PANEL. IT HAD 961 LOCATIONS OF MEMORY & WAS CAPABLE OF CARD READING, DATA PROCESSING, PRINTING, & WITH THE ADDITION OF A 1004 CARD PUNCH, CARD PUNCHING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.2 EXTERIOR PLATES READING 'UNIVAC DIVISION OF/ SPERRY RAND/ CORPORATION/ MADE IN U.S.A./ This and the connected apparatus is manufactured/ under U.S. Patent 3,120,606'; 2ND PLATE WITH SAME MFR'S INFO. & READING 'SERIAL 1663/ TYPE NO. 2010-02/ VOLTS 208-230/ PHASE 1/ AMPS 15/ FREQ 60'/ INTERIOR PLATE WITH MFR'S INFO., TYPE NO., & SERIAL NO./ WHITE, BLACK, & ORANGE SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READING 'UNIVAS 1004/ CARD PROCESSOR'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT & BACK, TEXTURED BLUE CASING SIDES, TEXTURED WHITE TOP/ WHITE SYNTHETIC COUNTER TOP, GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CONTROL PANELS/ RED, GREEN, & YELLOW? CONTROL BUTTONS, MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC CONTROL KNOBS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PRINTER COVER, ORANGE PRINTER COMPARTMENT.

Decoration

N/A