General Information

Serial #

1802934

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, FRONT GRILLE & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE UNITS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK CASE

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

48.0 cm

Width

43.2 cm

Height

24.7 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

Wynchester

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980'S

Canada

CANADIAN-MADE COMPUTING DEVICE, MARKETED BY MFR. AS MAIN COMPONENT OF ITS MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEM. WYNCHESTER OPERATED FOR APPROX. 3 YEARS IN TORONTO BEFORE GOING BANKRUPT WHILE TRYING TO DEVELOP ANOTHER SYSTEM, PROBABLY DUE TO UNDER CAPITALIZATION. R&L MICROSERVICES WAS SMALL CANADIAN COMPUTER SERVICE FIRM.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE CONTAINING MICROPROCESSOR WHICH ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, USED BY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING. UNIT INCLUDES DUAL 8 INCH FLOPPY DISK UNIT USED FOR STORAGE OF DATA ON DISK. SYSTEM WAS USED BY SMALL BUSINESS FOR PROGRAMMING, & AS TRAINING EQUIPMENT FOR SOFTWARE PACKAGES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF CPU/DISK DRIVE MADE BY SMALL MANUFACTURER & MARKETED BY MAKER AS PART OF MICRO COMPUTER SYSTEM. IT WAS COMMON PRACTICE CIRCA 1980 FOR SMALLER FIRMS TO SELL SYSTEMS WITH COMPATIBLE COMPONENTS FROM VARIOUS MFRS. WHICH WERE CHOSEN FOR SPECIFIC MARKET SEGMENT OR SPECIFIC USER. SYSTEM SUCH AS WYNCHESTER'S WAS RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO FULL MINI COMPUTER SYSTEM (I.E. $10K VS $50K)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STICKER ON BACK READS 'Wynchester/ SERIES W7993 1802934/ 120 VAC 60 Hz 250 WATTS FUSE AT 3 A./ Wynchester Systems & Electronics Inc./ TORONTO - CANADA'/ BLUE & SILVER DECAL ON FRONT READS 'Wynchester'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING/ BLACK PAINTED METAL GRILLE ON FRONT/ BLACK SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE UNIT FRONT/ RED & BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A