General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

FERROUS METAL CASING/ METAL CONTROLS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DOOR WINDOW, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

172.5 cm

Width

95.0 cm

Height

179.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital computing devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sperry

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1961-1980

Canada

COMPUTER DESIGNED & MADE IN CANADA BY CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY OF MAJOR COMPUTER MFR. SPERRY. IT WAS CANADIAN WORLD FIRST IN FIELD OF COMPUTERIZEDINDUSTRIAL CONTROL. ABOUT 50 SYSTEMS WERE SOLD, FOR VARIETY OF MACHINE TOOLS SUCH AS TURRET DRILLS, JIG BORING MACHINES, & FIRST C.N.C INSPECTION MACHINES AT BOEING.

Function

COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEMS ALLOW COMPUTER TO MONITOR & CONTROL INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES SUCH AS METAL CUTTING IN REAL TIME. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED AS POINT TO POINT NUMERIC CONTROL FOR AVEY NUMERICALLY CONTROLLED DRILL.

Technical

UMAC 5 WAS ARGUABLY WORLD'S FIRST COMPUTERIZED NUMERICAL CONTROL SYSTEM (SEE VARDALAS IN SUPP. INFO.) ITS MOST IMPORTANT DESIGN FEATURE WAS THAT ALL CONTROL MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED WERE MADE BY REPROGRAMMING RATHER THAN ADDITION OR REMOVAL OF ELECTRONIC HARDWARE AS IN EARLIER SYSTEMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LARGE TURQUOISE PAINTED METAL LETTERS ATTACHED ACROSS TOP FRONT READ "UMAC 5"/ BLUE & METALLIC METAL PLATE READING "SPERRY" ON DOOR/ STAMPED YELLOW "1601" ON DOOR

Missing

BEARINGS FOR MAGNETIC MEMORY DRUM ARE NOT ORIGINAL.

Finish

GLOSSY GREY PAINTED CASING WITH ONE GREY & ONE TURQUOISE PAINTED DOOR ON FRONT/ CONTROL PANEL PAINTED BLACK/ GREY, RED & GOLD BUTTONS/ PLATED PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ BLACK KNOBS/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS

Decoration

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