Front of the write amplifier
Ferranti-Packard Write Amplifier
physical object
Identifier
2010.1.39Description
This is write amplifier module manufactured by Ferranti-Packard company. This type of module was commonly used by Ferranti engineers in the mid 1950s. After, Ferranti merged to become Ferranti-Packard in 1958 for various electronic computing projects. Ferranti and Packard were established in Canada near the end of the 19th century. Two companies prospered with the knowledge of British firms until the Great Depression and World War II struck. Ferranti and Packard then became Ferranti-Packard. Unfortunately, the company continued on a financial roller coaster and was sold to Rolls-Royce in 1989, closing a chapter in Canadian computer history.- Stachniak, Zbigniew, and Scott Campbell. Computing in Canada: Building a Digital Future. Transformations 17. Ottawa: Canada Science and Technology Museum, 2009, p. 24,27.
- Ball, Norman R., and John N. Vardalas. Ferranti-Packard: Pioneers in Canadian Electrical Manufacturing. McGill-Queen’s Press - MQUP, 1994.
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circuitry components (describes)Related people
Systems Design Undergraduate Lab (was donor of)Kina Kim (is documentarian of)
Evan Wolfe (is documentarian of)
Scott Campbell (is documentarian of)