General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS, SWITCHES, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, LIGHTS, & METER CASINGS, TAPE DRIVE WINDOWS/ RUBBER? WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length

106.0 cm

Width

71.0 cm

Height

175.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

446.0

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IT&T

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Paramus

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

CIRCA 1962+

Canada

PART OF ONE OF FIRST COMPUTERS OF ITS TYPE OPERATING IN CANADA, USED BY MAJOR CANADIAN MANUFACTURER. ALCAN ALUMINUM. AFTER IT WAS RETURNED TO DIGITAL EQUIPMENT OF CANADA, IT WAS DONATED TO NMSTC. (T.J. PAUL, CURATOR OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY, MARCH 1983)

Function

TAPE DRIVES ARE AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE. TAPE CONTROL UNIT CONTROLS & MONITORS ALL FUNCTIONS OF UP TO EIGHT TAPE DRIVES. THIS UNIT IS COMPONENT OF COMPUTERIZED AUTOMATIC MESSAGE SWITCHING & CONTROL SYSTEM IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON DEXTER UNIT CONTROL PANEL READS "MODEL 7321 MAGNETIC TAPE CONTROL" & ON SINISTER UNIT "7320 MAGNETIC TAPE UNIT"/ BLACK LETTERING ON CONTROL PANELS FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

TEXTURED MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING PANELS WITH TEXTURED WHITE PAINTED END PANELS/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOWS/ TEXTURED DARK BLUE PAINTED INTERIOR FRONT PANEL WITH WHITE PAINTED & BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ METALLIC GOLD INTERIOR COMPONENT CASINGS/.1 CONTROL UNIT HAS WHITE LIGHTS/ TAPE DRIVES HAVE METALLIC SWITCHES WITH RED TIPS

Decoration

N/A