General Information

Serial #

01029-K1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & FRAME, SWITCHES, PARTS/ FORMICA TYPE TABLE COVERING/ SYNTHETIC PARTS INCLUDING LIGHTS, PANELS, CONTROLS, TYPEWRITER KEYS, PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC CIRCUIT BOARDS/ RUBBER TYPEWRITER ROLLER

Dimensions

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

Length

159.5 cm

Width

112.0 cm

Height

120.0 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1966-1973

Canada

FROM OLD WORKSHEETS: EARLY SOLID STATE COMPUTER, FIRST VERSION COMPLETELY MADE IN CANADA, BY IBM'S CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY/ SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER USED BY CANADIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, PULP & PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, OF MONTREAL.

Function

PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, CONTROLS, CORE MEMORY, & INPUT/OUTPUT DEVICE IN FORM OF TYPEWRITER; USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS, STORE DATA & INSTRUCTIONS, ENTER DATA & PRINT OUTPUT ETC. THIS COMPUTER WAS DESIGNED FOR SCIENTIFIC & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS.

Technical

MID 1960'S VERSION OF IBM'S 1620, WHICH HAD SERIAL, DECIMAL PROCESSOR, & WAS BEST KNOWN SMALL SCIENTIFICALLY ORIENTED COMPUTER WITH VARIABLE WORD LENGTH (ENABLING IT TO HANDLE VARIABLE LENGTH NUMBERS). INTRODUCED IN 1960 FOR MARKET FOR SMALL SCIENTIFIC PROCESSORS, ITS PERFORMANCE & LOW PRICE MADE IT VERY SUCCESSFUL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREY & WHITE STRIP ACROSS FRONT WITH WHITE & BLACK LETTERING READING "1620 DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM"/ INTERIOR PLATE READS "TYPE 911620 IBM TRADEMARK SER. NO. 0129-K1/ CYCLES 60 VOLTS 230 AMPS 15.0/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES/ COMPANY LIMITED/ DON MILLS ROAD TORONTO 6 ONTARIO CANADA"/ PLATE INSIDE BACK DOOR READS "PROPERTY OF/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES/ DON MILLS RD. TORONTO CANADA"/ PAPER LABEL ON FRONT READS "IBM DP MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT/ SERVICE COVERAGE/ Type 1620 Serial 1029C Effective Date Feb. 1 1966/ Customer Name Pulp & Paper Research Number 7755-00" / WHITE & BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED MEDIUM GREY PAINTED UPPER CASING WITH GLOSSY WHITE FRONT PANEL, WITH BLUE & GREY PANELS WITH WHITE LIGHTS/ BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANEL WITH BLACK, WHITE, GREEN, RED LIGHTS & PARTS, BLACK SYNTHETIC SWITCHES/ TEXTURED DARK GREY PAINTED LOWER CASING/ WHITE TABLE/ TEXTURED MEDIUM GREY PAINTED TYPEWRITER CASING, TEXTURED DARK GREY KEYBOARD PANEL, LIGHT GREY KEYS, METALLIC PARTS, BLACKPLATEN/ GLOSSY WHITE BOX CASING

Decoration

WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS/ WHITE "IBM" ON BLACK PLATE ON TYPEWRITER CASING