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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR/SOUND-RANGING
- DATE
- 1961
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0912.001
- MANUFACTURER
- National Research Council Canada
- MODEL
- 1.S.S./ D33/110
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METALS, PLASTICS, WOOD, GLASS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 62.0 cm
- Width
- 57.0 cm
- Height
- 87.8 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
- NRC
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- X. 1958- 1967
- Canada
-
ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPUTER, BUILT AT NRC AS PART OF MILITARY SOUND RANGING SYSTEM TO HELP IN LOCATING ENEMY WEAPONS. PROGRAM OPERATED FROM C. 1958-1967: THIS UNIT WAS NEVER USED IN THE FIELD. IT WAS ALSO USED AS MAIN COMPUTER IN FEASIBILITY STUDY WHICH LED TO NRC'S R&D PROJECT IN COMPUTER-AIDED LEARNING (CAL), C.1967-68. - Function
-
PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, USED TO DETECT & MONITOR SOUND PRODUCED BY LOW-FREQUENCY MILITARY WEAPONS, SUCH AS MORTARS AND ARTILLERY EQ, SPECIFICALLY TO ACT AS A MOBILE GUN LOCATOR IN SOUND-RANGING PROGRAM TRIALS. - Technical
-
ONE OF 1ST DIGITAL COMPUTERS DEV'T & USED IN CANADA. IT WAS UNIQUE DESIGN FOR PERIOD IN THAT IT OPERATED USING ENCAPSULATED COMPUTER CIRCUITRY (TRANSISTOR), & PERFORMED SYNCHRONIZED COMPUTING (AS OPPOSED TO CLOCK-CYCLE OPERATIONS). COMPUTER READ DATA RECORDED ON 1-INCH MAGNETIC TAPE. SOUND WAS RECORDED AT LOW LEVELS & SPEEDS BUT WAS ENHANCED WHEN TRANSMITTED TO COMPUTER. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- UNKNOWN PARTS
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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National Research Council Canada, Computer, circa 1961, Artifact no. 1979.0912, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1979.0912.001/
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