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- OBJECT TYPE
- PAPER/PHOTO-ELECTRIC/TRANSISTOR
- DATE
- 1966
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0158.001
- MANUFACTURER
- International Business Machines Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 1621
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1029
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS, INCLUDING STEEL/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 87.5 cm
- Width
- 78.7 cm
- Height
- 111.0 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
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1966-1973
- Canada
-
FROM OLD WORKSHEETS: PERIPHERAL FOR EARLY SOLID STATE COMPUTER, FIRST VERSION COMPLETELY MADE IN CANADA, BY IBM'S CANADIAN SUBSIDIARY/ PERIPHERAL FOR SCIENTIFIC COMPUTER USED BY CANADIAN RESEARCH ORGANIZATION, PULP & PAPER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, OF MONTREAL. - Function
-
DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER TAPE & INPUTS IT INTO COMPUTER FOR PROCESSING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE. - Technical
-
IBM 1620 PROCESSOR WAS SMALL, LOW COST, VARIABLE WORD LENGTH, SCIENTIFICALLYORIENTED COMPUTER OF EARLY TO MID 1960S, WHICH ACHIEVED CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS. 1621 TAPE READER (& ITS INTEGRAL 961 PUNCH) WAS OTHER HALF OF 1620 SYSTEM. TAPE DRIVES WERE USED FOR AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE FROM LATE 1940S UNTIL LATE 1960S. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- GREY, WHITE & BLACK PLATE ON FRONT WITH WHITE & BLACK LETTERING READING "IBM 1621/ PAPER TAPE READER"/ PAPER LABEL READING "IBM SERIAL 1029"/ INTERIOR PLATE READING "PROPERTY OF/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO. LTD./ DON MILLS RD. TORONTO CANADA"
- Missing
- TAPE PUNCH IBM 961 NORMALLY LOCATED IN CABINET OF 1621.
- Finish
- TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING/ MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED PANELS, ONE WITH BLACK, GREEN, RED & WHITE CONTROL SWITCHES & INDICATOR LIGHTS/ TEXTURED WHITE PAINTED TAPE DRIVE FRONT PANEL WITH BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS, METALLIC & GREY PAINTED METAL PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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International Business Machines Co. Ltd., Reader, tape, circa 1966, Artifact no. 1975.0158, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1975.0158.001/
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