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- OBJECT TYPE
- MICRO/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/PROM
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0228.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Intel Corp.
- MODEL
- INTELLEC 4/40/ 444A
- LOCATION
- Santa Clara, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 92
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, CONTROLS, FEET, PARTS/ METAL FOLDING STAND
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 43.5 cm
- Width
- 38.2 cm
- Height
- 19.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Intel
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Santa Clara
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- CIRCA 1975+
- Canada
-
AMERICAN-MADE MICROCOMPUTER USED BY CANADIAN FIRM MULTILEK, OF OTTAWA, POSSIBLY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS OR SOFTWARE - Function
-
PROGRAMNMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA & INSTRUCTIONS. THIS SPECIALIZED COMPUTER WAS INTENDED FOR MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM DESIGN & WAS USED TO DEVELOP PROGRAMMING WHICH, WHEN IN ITS FINAL FORM, COULD BE TRANSFERRED ONTO PROM (PROGRAMMABLE-READ-ONLY-MEMORY) MICROCHIPS FOR USE IN OTHER MACHINES - Technical
-
INTELLEC 4/40 WAS SLIGHTLY LATER VERSION OF INTELLEC 4 MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM; IT PROVIDED FLEXIBLE, INEXPENSIVE, & SIMPLE METHOD FOR DEVELOPING OEM (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFR.) MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS. UNIT HAS SOCKET ON FRONT FOR PROGRAMMING OF MICROCHIPS (PROMS). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON BACK READS 'intel CORP./ 3065 BOWERS AVE./ SANTA CLARA/ CLAIF. 95051/ Serial No. 092 intellec 444a/ 115 v 50-60 Hz SD 5-75/ Made in U.S.A.'/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS 'mcs' & 'intellec 4/40', & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ RAISED LETTERING ON SOCKET READING 'TEXTOOL' & 'PAT./ -331M/ PEND.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLUE CASING WITH NAVY BLUE SYNTHETIC FRONT/ WHITE SWITCHES/ BLUE & BLACK PARTS/ GREEN SYNTHETIC PROGRAM FROM SOCKET/ GREY POWER CORD/ BLACK FEET/ PLATED STAND
- Decoration
- N/A
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Intel Corp., Central processing unit, 1975, Artifact no. 1990.0228, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1990.0228.001/
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