General Information

Serial #

142

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, CONTROLS, PARTS

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

38.0 cm

Height

18.0 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

CIRCA1974+

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE MICROCOMPUTER USED BY CANADIAN FIRM MULTILEK, OF OTTAWA, POSSIBLY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS OR SOFTWARE.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE 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 PROMS (PROGRAMABLE-READ-ONLY-MEMORY) MICROCHIPS FOR USE IN OTHER MACHINES.

Technical

INTELLEC 4 PROVIDED FLEXIBLE, INEXPENSIVE, & SIMPLE METHOD FOR DEVELOPING OEM (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFR.) MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS. IT CONTAINS INTEL'S MC-4 MICROCOMPUTER SET COMPRISED OF 5 CHIPS INCLUDING 4004 MICROPROCESSOR, WHICH WAS FIRST MICROPROCESSOR, INTRODUCED IN 1970. UNIT HAS SOCKET ON FRONT FOR PROGRAMMING OF MICROCHIPS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK READS 'intel CORP./ 3065 BOWERS AVE./ SANTA CLARA/ CALIF. 95051/ Serial No. 0 00142 intellec 140/ 115/-60 Hz/ Made in U.S.A.'/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'mcs' & 'intelle 4', & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ RAISED LETTER ON SOCKET READS 'TEXTOOL' & 'PAT./ -331M/ PEND.'

Missing

FEET/ CASING UNDERSIDE

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE CASING WITH NAVY BLUE SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL/ WHITE SWITCHES/ BLUE & BLACK PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL BACK/ GREEN SYNTHETIC PROGRAM FROM SOCKET/ GREY POWER CORD

Decoration

N/A