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- OBJECT TYPE
- SERIAL DOT-MATRIX
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1979.0579.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment Co.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- United States of America
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General Information
- Serial #
- 24203
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metal body fixed to synthetic circuit board with metal and synthetic print heads. There is a synthetic ribbon cable attached to the main circuit board connecting it to a secondary circuit board with metal circuit traces. There is a metal piece attached to the bottom of the main PCB with Phillips-head screws and hex nuts. There is a synthetic piece attached to the the secondary circuit board with metal rivets.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.8 cm
- Width
- 10.4 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Digital
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1977 TO PRESENT
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE MANY TYPES OF PRINTER HEADS - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NO
- Finish
- Main body is finished in a matte silver colour. Circuit boards have a matte grey/green coloured finish. Metal piece attached to the bottom of the main circuit board is brass-coloured, possibly brass plated. The print heads have a matte black finish. The ribbon cable has a gloss white and red finish. The circuit traces on the circuit boards are shiny and coloured chrome and gold. Synthetic piece on secondary circuit board has a gloss off-white finish.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Digital Equipment Co., Print head, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1979.0579, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1979.0579.001/
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