General Information

Serial #

78506

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC & METAL CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC POWER CABLE, CONTROL BOX CASING, CONTROL KNOB/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

31.0 cm

Width

23.1 cm

Height

22.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Development & maintenance equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

IBM

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1967-CIRCA. 1982

Canada

AN ACCESSORY DEVICE FOR DIGITIZING SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY IBM UNDER CONTRACT TO ARDA TO ASSIST IN RESOURCE MAPPING FOR CANADA LAND INVENTORY. CANADA WAS FIRST NATION IN WORLD TO CARRY OUT CONTINENT WIDE GEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS FROM HIGH RESOLUTION MAP DATA CONCERNING NATURAL RESOURCES & SOCIO-ECONOMICCONDITIONS.

Function

A COMPUTER ACCESSORY DEVICE PROBABLY USED FOR SYSTEM CHECKS AND/OR FAULT FINDING FOR A TAPE DRIVE PERIPHERAL STORAGE DEVICE.

Technical

TEST DEVICE FOR MID-1960'S TAPE DRIVE, FROM PERIOD WHEN TAPE DRIVE WAS DOMINANT FORM OF AUXILIARY STORAGE. IBM 2401 TAPE DRIVE WAS DEVELOPED FOR IBM S/360 COMPUTER & WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK DECAL ON FRONT WITH WHITE LETTERING READING 'IBM FIELD TESTER/ 2401-2-3-4 MOD 1-6/ 2420 MOD 7'/ DECAL ON TOP WITH BLACK LETTERING ON GREY GROUND READING 'IBM 76506'

Missing

2 FEET

Finish

TEXTURED GREY PAINTED CASING WITH WHITE ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & PLATED METAL CONTROLS/ BLACK CABLE/ DARK GREY CONTROL BOX CASING WITH LIGHT GREY KNOB/ BRUSHED METAL CARRYING HANDLE ON CASING TOP

Decoration

N/A