Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

418

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

111,0 cm

Largeur

66,5 cm

Hauteur

86,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie informatique

Catégorie

Dispositifs numériques

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Royal Precision

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New York

Ville

Port Chester

Contexte

Pays

Inconnu

État/province

Inconnu

Période

LATE 1950S +

Canada

AMERICAN MADE LGP-30 WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCT OF CANADIAN COMPANY ROYAL PRECISIONS LTD. OF MONTREAL. IT WAS SOLD ACROSS CANADA & SERVICE OFFICES WERE OPENED AS WELL TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. IN LATE 1950S, CONTROL DATA CORP. BOUGHT OUT ROYAL PRECISION, CONTINUING TO MARKET LPG-30.

Fonction

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. CPU IS PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, CONTROL UNIT, & SMALL AMOUNT OF MEMORY, & USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO PROCESS DATA AS REQUIRED. THIS CPU WAS DESIGNED TO SOLVE ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS.

Technique

EXAMPLE OF SMALL SCALE MAIN FRAME COMPUTER WITH DRUM MEMORY. SMALLER & LESS EXPENSIVE THAN LARGE MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS PRODUCED BY MAJOR COMPUTER COMPANIES, THESE WERE PRECURSORS OF MICROCOMPUTERS IN USE TODAY. THIS WAS ONE OF FIRST "OFFICE" COMPUTERS, USED PRIMARILY FOR CALCULATIONS BY ENGINEERS ETC.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

BLACK PLATE ON FRONT PANEL WITH WHITE LETTERING READING "CONTROL DATA/ CANADA LTD."/ INTERIOR PLATE READS "Royal Precision/ ELECTRONIC COMPUTER/ LPG-30/ MODEL NO. 301/ SERIAL NO.418/ MANUFACTURED BY LIBRASCOPE INCORPORATED/ FOR/ ROYAL PRECISION CORPORATION/ PORT CHESTER NEW YORK"/ METAL LETTERING ON FRONT READING "LPG-30" (ONLY P & 3 REMAIN INTACT)/ BLACK STICKER READS "CONTROL DATA LTD."/ INTERIOR PLATE READING "PROPERTY OF ROYAL PRECISION CORPORATION, PORT CHESTER, N.Y."/ PLATE READS "POWER 1500 W. MAX./ 100-130 V.A.C./ 60 CYCLES/ SINGLE PHASE"/ HANDWRITTEN LABELS ON PERIPHERAL BOX READ "Toronto Disk Spare" & "Power Transmitter"

Manque

UNKNOWN

Fini

GLOSSY BROWN PAINTED CASING/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CONTROL BUTTONS WITH GREY INTERIOR LABELS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC BLOCKS ON CONTROL PANEL/ BROWN SYNTHETIC TABLE TOP/ METALLIC TABLE WITH GROOVED METAL SIDES/ BRASS COLOURED PERIPHERAL BOX

Décoration

GROOVED METAL TRIM ON CASING/ RAISED DIAMOND PATTERN ON METAL OF CONTROL PANEL