General Information

Serial #

418

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

111.0 cm

Width

66.5 cm

Height

86.0 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

Royal Precision

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Port Chester

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

LATE 1950S +

Canada

AMERICAN MADE LGP-30 WAS ORIGINALLY PRODUCT OF CANADIAN COMPANY ROYAL PRECISIONS LTD. OF MONTREAL. IT WAS SOLD ACROSS CANADA & SERVICE OFFICES WERE OPENED AS WELL TO PROVIDE SUPPORT. IN LATE 1950S, CONTROL DATA CORP. BOUGHT OUT ROYAL PRECISION, CONTINUING TO MARKET LPG-30.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. CPU IS PRIMARY COMPONENT OF COMPUTER, CONTAINING ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT, CONTROL UNIT, & SMALL AMOUNT OF MEMORY, & USED TO INTERPRET & EXECUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN ORDER TO PROCESS DATA AS REQUIRED. THIS CPU WAS DESIGNED TO SOLVE ENGINEERING & MATHEMATICAL PROBLEMS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF SMALL SCALE MAIN FRAME COMPUTER WITH DRUM MEMORY. SMALLER & LESS EXPENSIVE THAN LARGE MAIN FRAME COMPUTERS PRODUCED BY MAJOR COMPUTER COMPANIES, THESE WERE PRECURSORS OF MICROCOMPUTERS IN USE TODAY. THIS WAS ONE OF FIRST "OFFICE" COMPUTERS, USED PRIMARILY FOR CALCULATIONS BY ENGINEERS ETC.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK PLATE ON FRONT PANEL WITH WHITE LETTERING READING "CONTROL DATA/ CANADA LTD."/ INTERIOR PLATE READS "Royal Precision/ ELECTRONIC COMPUTER/ LPG-30/ MODEL NO. 301/ SERIAL NO.418/ MANUFACTURED BY LIBRASCOPE INCORPORATED/ FOR/ ROYAL PRECISION CORPORATION/ PORT CHESTER NEW YORK"/ METAL LETTERING ON FRONT READING "LPG-30" (ONLY P & 3 REMAIN INTACT)/ BLACK STICKER READS "CONTROL DATA LTD."/ INTERIOR PLATE READING "PROPERTY OF ROYAL PRECISION CORPORATION, PORT CHESTER, N.Y."/ PLATE READS "POWER 1500 W. MAX./ 100-130 V.A.C./ 60 CYCLES/ SINGLE PHASE"/ HANDWRITTEN LABELS ON PERIPHERAL BOX READ "Toronto Disk Spare" & "Power Transmitter"

Missing

UNKNOWN

Finish

GLOSSY BROWN PAINTED CASING/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CONTROL BUTTONS WITH GREY INTERIOR LABELS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC BLOCKS ON CONTROL PANEL/ BROWN SYNTHETIC TABLE TOP/ METALLIC TABLE WITH GROOVED METAL SIDES/ BRASS COLOURED PERIPHERAL BOX

Decoration

GROOVED METAL TRIM ON CASING/ RAISED DIAMOND PATTERN ON METAL OF CONTROL PANEL