Arithmetic unit

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OBJECT TYPE: VACUUM TUBE/32 BIT
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0012.002

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines Corp.
MODEL: SAGE AN-FSQ-7
LOCATION: Kingston, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 001
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASINGS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, CONTROLS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL BASE PANELS/ GLASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 316.5 cm
Width: 92.0 cm
Height: 208.0 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: IBM
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Kingston

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCT. 1963 TO JUNE 15, 1983
Canada: SAGE WAS COMPUTERIZED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WHICH PROTECTED U.S. & CANADA FROM AIR ATTACK. IT CONSISTED OF NUMBER OF RADAR STATIONS & COMMAND CENTRES ACROSS CONTINENT; THIS EQUIPMENT IS FROM SAGE CENTRE OF 22ND NORAD REGION, AT CFB NORTH BAY, ONT. THIS WAS ONLY NON-AMERICAN SAGE CENTRE & ONLY "HARDENED" (UNDERGROUND) SITE.
Function: COMPONENT OF LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER SYSTEM USED FOR AIR DEFENSE, WHICH PERFORMED ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS. EACH SYSTEM HAD TWO ARITHMETIC UNITS, WHICH PERFORMED MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS SUCH AS PLOTTING AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLANS.
Technical: 32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. SAGE WAS FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH DUPLEXED COMPUTER OPERATION, MAGNETIC (FERRITE) CORE MEMORY, LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INCLUDING HIGH-SPEED MODEMS; CRT DISPLAYS & LIGHT GUNS, OTHER INNOVATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: MFR'S PLATES READING "IBM/ Right Arithmetic/ Unit/ Federal Systems Division", "Designed & Manufactured for United States Air Force/ USAF", "Right Arithmetic Unit/ CP-273/ FSQ/ S/N 001/ IBM Part No. 3146527/ Contract AF-30 (635) 18891/Manufactured for International Business Machines Corporation by the Bendix Corporation, York Division, York, Pennsylvania, USA".
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASINGS/ CABINET/ GREY TINTED SYNTHETIC & PLATED BASE PANELS/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM & METAL TUBE MODULES/ BLACK BASE/ RED, GREEN & WHITE BUTTONS, BLACK SWITCHES
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Corp., Arithmetic unit, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0012, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1983.0012.002/

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