Hardware
| Name Sort descending | Description |
|---|---|
| FACOM VP-50 system | In January 1984, the #1 machine of the FACOM VP-100 Series (FACOM VP-100) began operating at the Nagoya University Plasma Research Center. |
| FACOM933 ControllerCard Reader | This was the first photoelectric card reader from Fuji Tsushinki Manufacturing Corporation (currently Fujitsu). Computers had progressed from relays to transistors, and there was a dramatic… |
| Fairchild Channel F | The Fairchild Channel F, short for "Channel Fun", was the first video game console to use ROM cartridges, instead having games built-in, and the first console to use a microprocessor. It was… |
| Fairchild Channel F System II | Sometime in 1979, Zircon International bought the rights to the Channel F and released the re-designed console as the Channel F System II to compete with Atari's VCS. This re-designed System II… |
| familytreemaker24x7 | The PowerEdge 1550 provides unprecedented levels of performance, availability, and scalability in a 1U form factor, including dual Pentium III processors (up to 1GHz), dual 64-bit/66MHz PCI slots… |
| FAX-236S | Brother FAX-236S is a direct thermal paper facsimile that comes with unique features like key-lock system, that enables the machine to cease sending faxes, making a phone call or copying, when the… |
| FAX-2820 | Designed to be used in a home office or small business setting, the Brother IntelliFax-2820 Laser Fax machine offers a range of features that work together to address all your faxing needs. It… |
| FAX-2840 | The IntelliFAX-2840 is a laser fax that is ideal for home offices or small offices. It has a 33.6K bps modem and a 250-sheet capacity paper tray. The IntelliFAX-2840 is a laser fax that is ideal… |
| FAX-878 | The FAX-878 is user-friendly, compact and packed with great features that are ideal for your home and business needs. More than just a facsimile, it can make copies of your faxes or other… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptograph | The original comptometer design was patented by Dorr E. Felt, a citizen of the United States. The first two patents were granted on July 19, 1887 and on October 11, 1887. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model 3D11 | Finally in 1946, F&T "went public" and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange the following year. In the spring of 1950, Felt & Tarrant released the 3D11. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model 992 | The 992 had a micro switch which started the motor at the start of any key depression and shut off after key action competed. This reduced the motor wear to almost nil. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model A | The model A has a polished glass panel for the output display in the front. This model is produced from 1904 to 1906. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model B | The B-model was placed on the market in September, 1906, and introduced the "lazy-s" register cover, which was the final major case change for shoebox Comptometers. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model C | The C-model of Comptometer (so called "C-regular") started in 1909 and was followed 20 months later by the model "C-light". |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model D | For customers who felt the Controlled Key feature might not be worth the extra expense, the D-model was available, at least for a brief period. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model E | Very few machines of this type were built, but all were made between 1913 and 1915. This was a transition machine that introduced the "Controlled-Key" safeguard, which was part of an error… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model F | The F-model arrived in May of 1915. This machine was destined to bring volume production to the F&T factory. If machines were produced in strict sequence, sales of F-models would appear to… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model H | The H-model appeared in 1920 as F&T's first postwar model. It is easily distinguished from prior models by the presense of the Comptometer script logo on the front and back of the case. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model J | The final mass-produced machine of so called 'shoebox' models was the long-lived "J" that first appeared in February of 1926. Clearly intended to replace the H-model, it was set off visually from… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model K | The first change to the shape of the case came with the K-model introduced in September of 1934. No doubt, a different shape was required to accommodate the changes to the mechanism needed for its… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model M | The Model 'M' was introduced just prior to WWII and had a new style of case and the frames were redesigned accordingly. |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model ST | The ST (SuperTotalizer) has two display output registers and two levers that allow for the creation of intermediate results. Each key pressed by the operator is added to the top display register… |
| Felt and Tarrant Comptometer Model WM | The WM was manufactured during World War II with a less wasteful use of material for the mechanism.The WM had many aluminum parts which were more prone to failure so the use of steel was resumed… |
| Felt and Tarrant Macaroni Box Prototype Comptometer | Dorr Felt started his first prototype during the US Thanksgiving holidays of 1884. Because of his limited amount of money, he used a macaroni box for the outside box, and skewers, staples and… |
| Felt and Tarrant Wooden Case Comptometer | The first machines were built using wooden boxes, which made them lighter but more fragile. They were called the "woodies", and about 6,500 machines were built in between 1887 and 1903. |
| Feranti 1600B | The FERRANTI FM1600 CPU was designed for use in large centralised computer installations in major warships and was at the time when the brochure came out the most powerful in the Ferranti range.… |
| Ferranti 1600E | The 1600E was an updated and redisigned version of the 1600B. The FM1600B was the first of the range to use integrated circuits and was used in many naval and commercial applications. The… |
| Ferranti Apollo | Apollo had a 20-bit word length with a conventional Instruction Set with six function bits, |
| Ferranti Argus | Ferranti's Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1980s. They were widely used in a variety of roles in Europe, particularly in the UK where… |
| Ferranti Argus 100 | Ferranti's Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1980s. They were widely used in a variety of roles in Europe, particularly in the UK where… |
| Ferranti Argus 200 | Ferranti's Argus computers were a line of industrial control computers offered from the 1960s into the 1980s. They were widely used in a variety of roles in Europe, particularly in the UK where… |
| Ferranti Argus 300 | The design of the Argus 300 was started in 1963 as a much faster machine featuring a fully parallel-architecture arithmetic logic unit, as opposed to the earlier and much slower serial units. Its… |
| Ferranti Argus 350 | The design of the Argus 300 was started in 1963 as a much faster machine featuring a fully parallel-architecture arithmetic logic unit, as opposed to the earlier and much slower serial units. Its… |
| Ferranti Argus 400 | The design of the Argus 400 started at the same time as the Argus 300. In logical terms the 400 was similar to the earlier 100, using serial ALUs. However, it featured an entirely new electrical… |
| Ferranti Argus 500 | The Argus 500, designed about 3 years later, used parallel arithmetic and was much faster. It was designed to be plugged into a larger 19 inch rack mounted frame, together with up to four core… |
| Ferranti Argus 600 | The Argus 600 was an 8-bit machine, and this was followed by the Argus 700 which used 16-bit architecture. Design of the 700 started around 1968/9 and the range was still in production in the mid… |
| Ferranti Argus 700 | The Argus 600 was an 8-bit machine, and this was followed by the Argus 700 which used 16-bit architecture. Design of the 700 started around 1968/9 and the range was still in production in the mid… |
| Ferranti Atlas | The Atlas Computer was a joint development between the University of Manchester, Ferranti, and Plessey. The first Atlas, installed at Manchester University and officially commissioned in 1962, was… |
| Ferranti Atlas 2 | Atlas 2 is a new, smaller version of the Ferranti Atlas Computer. Atlas 1, the original version, was developed jointly by Ferranti Limited and the Department of Electrical Engineering at… |
| Ferranti F100-L | F100-L is a 16-bit microprocessor, designed by British company Ferranti Limited for military applications. Introduced in 1976, the processor operated at frequencies from DC and up to 8 MHz, and… |
| Ferranti Mark 1 | The Ferranti Mark 1, also known as the Manchester Electronic Computer in its sales literature, and thus sometimes called the Manchester Ferranti, was the world's first commercially available… |
| Ferranti Mark I* | After the first two machines a revised version of the design became available, known as the Ferranti Mark 1* or the Ferranti Mark 1 Star. The revisions mainly cleaned up the instruction set for… |
| Ferranti Mercury | The Mercury was an early 1950s commercial computer built by Ferranti. It was the successor to the Ferranti Mark 1, adding a floating point unit for improved performance, and increased reliability… |
| Ferranti Orion 1 | With the success of Sirius, the team turned its attention to a much larger design. Since many of the costs of a complete computer system are fixed - power supplies, printers, etc. - a more complex… |
| Ferranti Orion 2 | During the Orion's gestation it appeared there was a real possibility the new system might not work at all. Engineers at other Ferranti departments, notably the former Lily Hill House in Bracknell… |
| Ferranti Pegasus | Pegasus was an early thermionic valve (vacuum tube) computer built by Ferranti, Ltd of Great Britain. The Pegasus 1 was first delivered in 1956 and the Pegasus 2 was delivered in 1959.… |
| Ferranti Pegasus 2 | Pegasus was an early thermionic valve (vacuum tube) computer built by Ferranti, Ltd of Great Britain. The Pegasus 1 was first delivered in 1956 and the Pegasus 2 was delivered in 1959.… |
| Ferranti Perseus | The Ferranti Perseus Data-Processing System consists of two distinct parts capable of independent operation. The first part has as its central item the Perseus computer. This is a new, large,… |
| Ferranti Sirius | Ferranti's Sirius was a small business computer released in 1961. Designed to be used in smaller offices without a dedicated programming staff, the Sirius used decimal arithmetic instead of binary… |
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