General Information

Serial #

HN 00691

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS; METAL MECHANISM & PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL & BUTTONS

Dimensions

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

Length

65.0 cm

Width

50.5 cm

Height

21.5 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

Pertec

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1980 - OCTOBER 2000

Canada

PARTOF SYSTEM USED BY CONSUMERS GAS (NOW ENBRIDGE) OF NORTH YORK TO ENTER DATA PRIMARILY FOR ACCOUNTING PURPOSES. RECORDS FOR ALL COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS USING NATURAL GAS WERE INPUT THROUGH THIS CENTRE AS WELL AS MOST PRIVATE ACCOUNTS IN METRO TORONTO AREA. SYSTEM CONSISTED OF CONTROL UNIT (2001.0112) & 8 KEYSTATIONS*.

Function

USED TO PRINT ON PAPER DATA FROM DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING SYSTEM IN WHICH KEY STATIONS (2001.0113) WERE USED TO ENTER DATA & SAVE IT TO TAPES ON TAPE DRIVE OF CONTROL UNIT (2001.0112); TAPES WERE SENT TO COMPUTER OPERATIONS ROOM & DATA WAS LOADED ONTO MAINFRAME COMPUTER; TAPES WERE KEPT AS BACKUPS.

Technical

APPLICATION OF DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY WHICH ALLOWED SIMULTANEOUS USE/ACCESS BY NUMBER OF DATA ENTRY CLERKS IN OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. FROM MID-1960S, MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS WERE ACCESSIBLE BY MULTIPLE USERS, BUT FOR SMALLER, LESS DEMANDING REQUIREMENTS, XL40 WAS WIDELY USED. PERSONAL COMPUTERS SOON MADE DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS OBSOLETE THOUGH THEY ARE BEGINNING TO MAKE A COME BACK.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RAISED LETTERING ON PLATE ON FRONT READS "cmc"; LABELS ON BACK READ "MODEL NO. 4512-1/ SERIAL NO. HN 00691/ ASSY NO. 203313/ DATE 8026" & "US AND FOREIGN PATENTS PENDING"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE; LABEL APPEARS TO BE DETACHED FROM BACK

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING; "SMOKED" PLASTIC & TEXTURED BUFF COVER; METALLIC PARTS; BLACK CONTROL PANEL & CONTROLS; BLACK PARTS

Decoration

N/A