General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, DIALS, SWITCHES, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

290.0 cm

Width

82.0 cm

Height

169.0 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

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

ACCESSORY UNIT USED FOR CONTROL & MONITORING OF INPUT SYSTEM EQUIPMENT OF LARGE MAIN FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER. CONSOLE WAS NOT ACTUALLY PART OF COMPUTER SYSTEM.

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

PLATE ON FRONT READS "Designed & Manufactured for/ United States Air Force/ USAF"

Missing

SEE ILLUSTRATION IN REF. 1, PG.15. THIS ARTIFACT IS MISSING THE MODULES B, C. & D. THE MODULES E, F & G OF THIS UNIT DO NOT CORRESPOND WITH THOSE ILLUSTRATED(?)

Finish

TEXTURE LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASINGS/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM/ BLACK & DARK GREY FRONT PANELS/ DARK GREY TABLE TOP/ BLACK BASE/ MULTICOLOURED (WHITE, YELLOW, RED, GREEN, NAVY BLUE, BLACK, CLEAR) CONTROLS, PARTS/ GREY PAINTED TELEPHONE DIAL

Decoration

N/A