General Information

Serial #

56

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL FRAME, CASING, & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SIMULATED LEATHER SEAT COVERS.

Dimensions

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

Length

N/A

Width

140.0 cm

Height

195.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Cray

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Wisconsin

City

Chippewa Falls

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1983 TO 1989

Canada

USED BY AES FOR FORECASTING WEATHER IN CANADA, FIRST COMPUTER OF ITS KIND IN CANADA.

Function

HIGH SPEED, HIGH POWER COMPUTER USED SPECIFICALLY TO PROCESS METEOROLOGICAL DATA BY ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES OF ENVIRONMENT CANADA, DORVAL, QUE.

Technical

THIS WAS WORLD'S FASTEST COMPUTER AT TIME OF INSTALLATION; IT WAS USED BY AES TO PROCESS LARGE AMOUNTS OF DATA IN REAL TIME./ CRAY 1S APPEARED IN 1976 & WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL VECTOR PROCESSOR, DOMINATING SUPERCOMPUTER MARKET. FROM 1976 TO 1982. IT WAS SUPERCEDED BY CRAY RESEARCH'S X-MP SUPER COMPUTER IN 1982.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 DECAL READING 'CRAY RESEACH, INC. Chippewa Falls, WI 54729 Made in USA/ CRAY-1 Mainframe/ Model 1S 12 COL/ Part No. 1052-5400 Serial No. 56' WITH TECHNICAL & PATENT INFO. (SEE SUPP. INFO.)

Missing

MOST OF INTERNAL CIRCUITRY REMOVED (REUSEABLE) EXCEPT FOR ONE UNIT THAT CAN BE DISPLAYED WITH PLEXIGLASS COVER. COOLING COMPRESSORS, POWER SUPPLIES, DISC STORAGE DEVICES & FRONT END COMPUTER WERE NOT SUPPLIED.

Finish

BRUSHED, BLACK PAINTED, GREY PAINTED METAL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ BROWN SEAT COVERS.

Decoration

N/A