General Information

Serial #

001

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, CONTROLS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL BASE PANELS/ GLASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

361.0 cm

Width

95.0 cm

Height

208.0 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

IBM

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Kingston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTER SYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCT. 1963 TO JUNE 15, 1983

Canada

SAGE WAS COMPUTERIZED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WHICH PROTECTED U.S. & CANADA FROM AIR ATTACK. IT CONSISTED OF NUMBER OF RADAR STATIONS & COMMAND CENTRES ACROSS CONTINENT; THIS EQUIPMENT IS FROM SAGE CENTRE OF 22ND NORAD REGION, AT CFB NORTH BAY, ONT. THIS WAS ONLY NON-AMERICAN SAGE CENTRE & ONLY "HARDENED" (UNDERGROUND) SITE.

Function

COMPONENT OF LARGE MAIN-FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER SYSTEM USED FOR AIR DEFENSE, WHICH PERFORMED ARITHMETIC OPERATIONS. EACH SYSTEM HAD TWO ARITHMETIC UNITS, WHICH PERFORMED MATHEMATICAL CALCULATIONS SUCH AS PLOTTING AIRCRAFT FLIGHT PLANS.

Technical

32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. SAGE WAS FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH DUPLEXED COMPUTER OPERATION, MAGNETIC (FERRITE) CORE MEMORY, LARGE-SCALE COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INCLUDING HIGH-SPEED MODEMS; CRT DISPLAYS & LIGHT GUNS, OTHER INNOVATIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATES READING "IBM/ Right Arithmetic/ Unit/ Federal Systems Division", "Designed & Manufactured for United States Air Force/ USAF", "Right Arithmetic Unit/ CP-273/ FSQ/ S/N 001/ IBM Part No. 3146527/ Contract AF-30 (635) 18891/Manufactured for International Business Machines Corporation by the Bendix Corporation, York Division, York, Pennsylvania, USA".

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASINGS/ CABINET/ GREY TINTED SYNTHETIC & PLATED BASE PANELS/ BRUSHED METAL TRIM & METAL TUBE MODULES/ BLACK BASE/ RED, GREEN & WHITE BUTTONS, BLACK SWITCHES

Decoration

N/A