General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

4

AKA

Punched tape

Patents

N/A

General Description

Perforated computer tape made of paper.

Dimensions

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

Length

126.2 cm

Width

2.6 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

markings suggest it was printed on 12/1

Canada

POSSIBLY FIRST TRANSISTORIZED COMPUTER DESIGNED & BUILT IN CANADA. EXPERTISE IN TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGY IT GENERATED LATER ENABLED DEVELOPMENT OF RELIABLE CIRCUITRY FOR CANADIAN SATELLITES. IT WAS USED FOR COMPUTING AT DRTE & FOR PROCESSING DATA FROM OTHER CANADIAN SCIENTIFIC ENDEAVOURS SUCH AS ALOUETTE, CANADA'S FIRST SATELLITE, & AURORA EXPERIMENTS AT PRINCE ALBERT RADAR LAB

Function

Punched tape (also known as perforated tape) was used as a form of data storage consisting of a long strip of paper through which small holes were punched. This particular strip was a test strip

Technical

ONE-OF-A-KIND COMPUTER, NEVER PRODUCED COMMERCIALLY. IT WAS INNOVATIVE FOR ITS TIME, WITH SEVERAL NOVEL CONCEPTS SUCH AS NEW FORM OF TRANSISTORIZED FLIP-FLOP (P-N-P-N) CIRCUITRY, HARDWARE INSTEAD OF SOFTWARE DECIMAL-TO-BINARY & BINARY-TO-DECIMAL (DBBD) CONVERTER, & UNIQUE CORE MEMORY. SEVERAL PATENTS WERE TAKEN OUT BY CANADIAN GOV'T (SEE PATENTS)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

On one end of the test strip written in pencil reads "Card test 1/ 12/1"

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Long yellowed punched paper test strip

Decoration

N/A