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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1969
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.2038.002

MANUFACTURER: International Business Machines
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Armonk, New York, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 4
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic and metal

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Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital computing devices
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Manufacturer

AKA: IBM
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New York
City: Armonk

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: AFTER 1964 TO 1987
Canada: AN IBM S/360 COMPUTER USED BY A CANADIAN FIRM, THE BULGER GROUP OF COMPANIES, A TORONTO BASED ORGANIZATION OF ADMINISTRATORS & CONSULTANTS IN THE AREA OF EMPLOYEE BENEFITS.
Function: Unknown
Technical: ANNOUNCED IN 1964, IBM S/360 WAS 1ST OF 3RD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS & WAS 1ST FAMILY OF COMPATIBLE COMPUTERS. FAMILY CONSISTED OF 150 PRODUCTS & AT THAT TIME WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT IN HISTORY OF AMERICAN BUSINESS. MODEL 20 WAS INTRODUCED IN LATE 1960'S (REF.1). ACCORDING TO WILLIAMS (REF.3), MODEL 20 WAS LOW END INCOMPATIBLE PROCESSOR FOR USERS NEEDING MINIMAL FACILITIES.
Area Notes: Unknown

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Finish: Unknown
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International Business Machines, Computer part collection, circa 1969, Artifact no. 1987.2038, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.2038.002/

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