Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

01029-K1

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

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

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

159,5 cm

Largeur

112,0 cm

Hauteur

120,0 cm

Épaisseur

S/O

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Technologie informatique

Catégorie

Dispositifs numériques

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

IBM

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Ville

Toronto

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Québec

Période

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.

Fonction

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.

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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

Manque

APPEARS COMPLETE

Fini

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

Décoration

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