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- OBJECT TYPE
- REMOVABLE DISK PACK/TRANSISTOR
- DATE
- 1963
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0136.001
- MANUFACTURER
- IBM Co. Ltd.
- MODEL
- 1311
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9108003
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 62.0 cm
- Width
- 109.0 cm
- Height
- 104.5 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
- Ontario
- Period
- 1965-1978
- Canada
-
A CANADIAN PRODUCED (OR DISTRIBUTED) EXAMPLE OF AMERICAN DESIGNED TECHNOLOGY, USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARYEDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION. - Function
-
AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1962 ALONG WITH DISK PACK, 1311 DISK STORAGE DRIVE'S FIRST HOSTS WERE IBM'S SMALLER COMPUTER SYSTEMS: 1401, 1440, 160, 1710. IT MET NEED FOR VERSATILE STORAGE & BECAME VERY INFLUENTIAL PRODUCT. IT OFFERED SOME OF ADVANTAGES OF BOTH TAPES & DISKS AT RELATIVELY LOW PRICE. DRIVE WITH MODULAR DISK-PACK STORAGE - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON FRONT READING 'IBM 1311/ DISK STORAGE DRIVE'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED FRONT & BACK/ TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED TOP & DISK HOLDER CASING, LATTER WITH TEXTURED OFF-WHITE PAINTED TOP & COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT SYNTHETIC COVER/ BROWN & WHITE DISK IN BLACK & GREY COMPARTMENT/ BLACK WHEELS
- Decoration
- N/A
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IBM Co. Ltd., Drive, disk, 1963, Artifact no. 1979.0136, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1979.0136.001/
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