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OBJECT TYPE: IMPACT/SOLID CHARACTER/DAISYWHEEL
DATE: 1960
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1983.0019.001

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines Corp.
MODEL: SAGE AN-FSQ-7/ 718/150 LPM
LOCATION: New York, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 10658 L1
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KNOBS, BUTTONS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 148.7 cm
Width: 77.0 cm
Height: 120.0 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: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: New York

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THE 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: COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE THAT PRINTS PROCESSED DATA AS NUMBERS, LETTERS, OR GRAPHICS ON PAPER. THIS PRINTER WAS ELEMENT OF LARGE MAIN FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, USED TO TRANSLATE DATA OUTPUT FROM COMPUTER MEMORY ELEMENT TO PRINTED FORM, TO AID IN COMPUTER TROUBLE ANALYSIS BY PROVIDING PRINTED RECORD OF DIAGNOSTIC PROGRAMS.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF IMPACT PRINTER WITH TYPEWHEEL, DESIGNED FOR AN/FSQ-7 & 8 COMPUTERS. 32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 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, HIGH SPEED MODEMS & OTHER INNOVATIONS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SYNTHETIC COVERED METAL PLATE ON FRONT READS "IBM/ 718 PRINTER"/ INTERIOR PLATE READS ""MANUFACTURED BY/ INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION/ X-718 10658 L1/ 590 MADISON AVE. NEW YORK 22, N.Y."/ LETTER "A" AFFIXED BELOW CONTROL BUTTONS/ "203705 4C8 1" STAMPED INTO MACHINE BELOW CARRIAGE DUST COVER/ "92225429 L1" ON MFR'S PLATE, AFFIXED INSIDE CONTROL PANEL
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ BRUSHED METAL & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK, RED, DARK BLUE CONTROLS
Decoration: N/A

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International Business Machines Corp., Printer, circa 1960, Artifact no. 1983.0019, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1983.0019.001/

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