General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PUNCHED STEEL CASING & FRAME/ MACHINED STEEL PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOWS

Dimensions

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

Length

102.5 cm

Width

61.5 cm

Height

95.0 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

Teletype

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Illinois

City

Skokie

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Nova Scotia

Period

GENERAL: 1960-1970/ SPECIFIC: AFTER 1963

Canada

AN AMERICAN MADE TELEPRINTER, AN EXAMPLE OF A TYPE USED AS TERMINALS WITH THE CANADIAN DESIGNED & BUILT FERRANTI-PACKARD FP6000 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS THE FIRST AFFORDABLE MEDIUM-SIZED TIME-SHARING & MULTI-PROGRAMMABLE COMPUTER MADE IN CANADA. THIS UNIT APPEARS NEW & UNUSED.

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE, USED TO SEND DATA TO THE COMPUTER AUTOMATICALLY FROM THE TAPE READER USING PERFORATED PAPER TAPE, & TO RECEIVE DATA IN A PAGE FORMAT, & TO PERFORATE PAPER TAPE FOR TEMPORARY DATA STORAGE.

Technical

A TELEPRINTER DESIGNED TO RECEIVE TELEGRAPHIC SIGNALS, WITH PROVISION TO BE UPGRADED TO AN ASCII COMPUTER TERMINAL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INTERIOR PLATE READS '[LOGO] TELETYPE/ REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. REG. CAN. PAT. OFF./ TRADEMARK REG./ MFD. BY TELETYPE CORP. SKOKIE/ ILL. U.S.A.'/ BLACK TELETYPE LOGO ON CASING EXTERIOR/ WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS

Missing

PRINTER ASSEMBLY IS NOT ORIGINAL BUT CAME WITH COLLECTION - IT IS SUITABLE FOR USE WITH THIS MACHINE.

Finish

LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOWS/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ GREY KEYS, RED BUTTONS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A