General Information

Serial #

10362

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, BACK DOOR, FRONT DOOR PANEL, CONTROL BOX CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FRONT DOOR, CONTROLS, PARTS/ RUBBER? WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length

76.0 cm

Width

74.5 cm

Height

169.5 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

IBM

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1967 TO CIRCA 1982

Canada

USED AS COMPONENT OF DIGITIZING SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY IBM UNDER CONTRACT TO ARDA TO ASSIST IN RESOURCE MAPPING FOR CANADA LAND INVENTORY. CANADA WAS FIRST NATION IN WORLD ABLE TO CARRY OUT CONTINENT-WIDE GEOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS FROM HIGH RESOLUTION MAP DATACONCERNING NATURAL RESOURCES & SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS.

Function

AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE. THIS TAPE DRIVE WAS USED TO RECORD DIGITIZED DATA PRODUCED BY A DIGITIZER USED TO SCAN MAPS OF NATURAL & AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES.

Technical

MID 1960'S MAGNETIC TAPE DRIVE, FROM PERIOD WHEN TAPE DRIVE WAS DOMINANT FORM OF AUXILIARY STORAGE. THIS MODEL WAS DEVELOPED FOR IBM S/360 COMPUTER & WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. IT EMPLOYED 9-TRACK FORMAT, WAS COMPATIBLE WITH EXISTING TAPES, RECORDED AT 800 & LATER 1600 BPI & CAME IN SEVERAL MODELS (SOME FOR 7 TRACK TAPES). CLI USED IBM 1401 & LATER S/360 COMPUTERS (SEE 872038-2042, ESPECIALLY TAPE DRIVE 872039).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INSET PLATES ON FRONT & BACK READING 'IBM 2401 I/ MAGNETIC TAPE UNIT'/ RED IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING '04001' ON FRAME/ ON CONTROL PANEL INSET BLACK PLATE WITH WHITE '1'/ DECAL READING 'IBM' WITH TYPED '2401-10362', & RED IMPRESSION PRINTED 'STATUS 1' ON CONTROL PANEL

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED GREY PAINTED METAL CASING SIDES & TOP/ TEXTURED YELLOW PAINTED BACK DOOR/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT FRONT DOOR WITH METALLIC FRAME & TEXTURED YELLOW PAINTED PANEL/ WHITE PAINTED CASING FRONT (BEHIND DOOR)/ & CONTROL BOX FRONT/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ GREY CABLES/ BLACK WHEELS/ DARK GREY SYNTHETIC CONTROL KNOB BOX WITH LIGHT GREY KNOB & BLACK CABLE

Decoration

N/A