Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

9

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

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

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

150,0 cm

Largeur

155,0 cm

Hauteur

125,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie informatique

Catégorie

Périphériques numériques

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

IBM

Pays

United States of America

État/province

New York

Ville

Kingston

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

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.

Fonction

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.

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

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

Manque

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

Fini

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

Décoration

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