General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

Control Console

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME & CASING, PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

137.2 cm

Width

90.7 cm

Height

130.6 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

Sperry

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Minnesota

City

St. Paul

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1963-1982

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED FOR CANADIAN DESIGNED & USED COMPUTER APPLICATION. CANADIAN FIRM KCS DATA CONTROL LTD. OF TORONTO WAS FIRST COMPUTER CONSULTING FIRM IN CANADA. ONE OF ITS BEST KNOWN PROJECTS WAS DEVELOPMENT OF WORLD'S FIRST & LARGEST COMPUTER CONTROLLED TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM, USING UNIVAC 1107 COMPUTER, FOR CITY OF TORONTO.

Function

CONTROL CONSOLE FOR COMPUTER USED TO CONTROL TRAFFIC SIGNALS IN LARGE METROPOLITAN AREA.

Technical

UNIVAC 1107 USED IN WORLD'S FIRST COMPUTERIZED TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM. ANALOG SIGNALS WERE RECEIVED FROM STREETS, CONVERTED TO DIGITAL SIGNALS BY COMPUTER, & PROCESSED BY 32 K MEMORY, INCREASED IN EARLY 1970S TO 65 K TO ALLOW CONTROL OF 2000-3000 INTERSECTIONS. THIN FILM CONTROL MEMORY PROVIDED HIGH COMPUTING SPEEDS & AUXILIARY STORAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR PLATE READING "TYPE 7426/ NAME: CONTROL CONSOLE/ SERIAL NO. 0108/ PART NO. 4003903-00/ UNIVAC/ DIVISION OF SPERRY RAND CORPORATION/ ST. PAUL, MINN."; BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS, GREY LETTERING ON KEYS

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

CASINGS PAINTED BLUE, GREY, & WHITE/ METALLIC CASING PARTS & TRIM/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A