General Information

Serial #

4616

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVER & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

91.3 cm

Width

60.8 cm

Height

103.5 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

Control

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Michigan

City

Minneapolis

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1970-1980

Canada

USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Function

AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

A DISK DRIVE MADE BY CDC, MARKETED AS PART OF THE GE 115 SYSTEM. IN THE MID 1960'S CDC BEGAN MFG. PERIPHERALS, BOTH FOR ITS OWN COMPUTERS & FOR SALE TO OTHER MFRS. GENERAL ELECTRIC PURCHASED SEVERAL DIFFERENT MODELS FROM CDC. GE PRODUCED COMPUTERS FROM C. 1960 TO 1970 WHENITS COMPUTER BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO HONEYWELL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR DECALS READING 'CONTROL DATA/ CORPORATION/ MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA/ NORMANDALE OPERATION/ DISK STORAGE DRIVE/ PART NO. 41250131 SERIAL NO. 4616/ 60 Hz 3?3 WIRE 3000 B.T.U/HR/ 208 V/ 3 A/O 480 POUNDS/ MADE IN U.S.A.'; 'CONTROL DATA/ SER. NO. 41253609/ MOD. LEVEL 8'; 'CANADIAN TRACKING NO./ 0036467/ Honeywell'/ BLUE SYNTHETIC PLATE ON EXTERIOR READING 'GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC'/ INTERIOR STAMPED IN RED 'ACCEPTED AUG. 13 1968'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT BLUE PAINTED LOWER CASING SIDE PANELS, RIBBED FRONT & BACK/ TEXTURED DARK BLUE PAINTED CASING TOP SIDES, RIBBED TOP WITH BLUE SYNTHETIC WINDOW/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ WHITE TEXTURED SYNTHETIC DISK COMPARTMENT/ BLACK PAINTED & METALLIC PARTS/ WHITE SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS/ BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL

Decoration

N/A