General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, TABLE, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, WORKING PARTS, SCREEN COVER/ GLASS PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

150.0 cm

Width

155.0 cm

Height

125.0 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

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Kingston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

AN/FSQ-7 COMPUTERSYSTEM WAS OPERATIONAL FROM OCTOBER 1963 TO JUNE 15, 1983

Canada

SAGE WAS COMPUTERIZED AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM WHICH PROTECTED U.S. & CANADA FROM AIR ATTACK. IT CONSISTED OF NUMBER OF RADAR STATIONS & COMMAND CENTRES ACROSS CONTINENT; THIS EQUIPMENT IS FROM SAGE CENTRE OF 22ND NORAD REGION, AT CFB NORTH BAY, ONT. THIS WAS ONLY NON-AMERICAN SAGE CENTRE & ONLY "HARDENED" (UNDERGROUND) SITE.

Function

ELEMENT OF 'DISPLAY SYSTEM' OF LARGE MAIN FRAME MILITARY COMPUTER, WHICH GRAPHICALLY & DIGITALLY DISPLAYED ALL AIR TRAFFIC & WATCHED FOR MISSILES. OPERATOR ENTERED FLIGHT PATH DATA USING LIGHT GUN.

Technical

32 BIT SAGE AN/FSQ7 COMPUTER WAS DEVELOPED FROM MIT'S WHIRLWIND, FIRST REAL-TIME DIGITAL COMPUTER. SAGE WAS FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL COMPUTER WITH BUILT-IN-INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS CONSISTING OF KEYBOARDS, LIGHT GUNS, & CRTS, WHICH HAD BEEN DEVELOPED FOR WHIRLWIND, AS WELL AS MAGNETIC CORE MEMORY, HIGH SPEED MODEMS, ETC.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT PANEL IN WHITE "INTERCEPT/ DIRECTOR 2-4/ W52/ 809"/ MFR'S PLATES FOR SIDE PIECES READ ON SINISTER SIDE "CONTROL PANEL, INPUT DATA SELECTION/ IBM PART. NO. 3046972/ SERIAL NO. 2765 CONTRACT NO. 30(635)18891/ MANUFACTURED BY/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES/ CORPORATION, KINGSTON, NEW YORK/ U.S." & ON DEXTER SIDE "SUPPORT, INPUT CONTROL PANEL/ IBM PART NO. 3046203/ SERIAL NO. 2726" WITH SAME MFR.'S NAME ETC./ MARKED ON SCOPE WITH GREASE PENCIL: "DISARMED" (IN BLUE) & 'PCB REMOVED' (IN BLACK)/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

unknown - at least one large component missing from PL bottom interior

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ GLOSSY GREY PAINTED FRONT PANELS, SCREEN FRAME & HOOD, & TABLE TOP/ METALLIC TRIM/ GREY CONTROLS/ YELLOW DISPLAY SCREEN WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT COVER/ GREY PAINTED TELEPHONE DIAL/ RED LIGHTS

Decoration

N/A