General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

13

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Wood box with metal clasps and hinge, foam interior with metal and synthetic parts.

Dimensions

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

Length

35.7 cm

Width

26.0 cm

Height

9.6 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Survey equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Gerber

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Hartford

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1977-1990

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN FIRM, NORTHWAY MAPPING TECHNOLOGY OF TORONTO, IN GENERATION OF COMPUTERIZED MAPS OF CANADA. IN 1990 IT WAS PURCHASED BY GENTIAN ELECTRONICS IN ORDER TO REFURBISH & OPERATE EQUIPMENT. BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR AS TECHNOLOGY WAS SLOW & OUTDATED BY 1990'S STANDARDS.

Function

A kit with parts for servicing and maintaining a pen-type plotting head.

Technical

EARLY DRUM PLOTTER DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERING DRAFTING BUT ALSO SUITABLE FOR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. IT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM & IMPROVEMENT OVER EARLIER PLOTTERS, & IS FROM PERIOD WHEN APPLICATION OF MINI COMPUTERS WAS BEING WIDELY EXTENDED TO CONTROL OF PROCESSES & OPERATIONS SUCH AS TECHNICAL DRAWING. IT CONTAINED STATE-OF-THE-ART MINI COMPUTER & DRUM-CONTROLLING SOFTWARE & MOTORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Printed on the proper front: "[logo] THE GERBER SCIENTIFIC/ INSTRUMENT CO./ HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, U.S.A."/ Written on the tape on the proper top: "A42651/ w/o 1523/ 4-Pen Head/ PEN KIT"

Missing

Unknown

Finish

Brown, semi-gloss finish wood box with white markings on the proper front, silver-coloured clasps, and beige tape with black markings on the proper top. The inside is lined with black foam and contains red, blue and silver-coloured springs, translucent ink bottles with black and brown inks, black and translucent ink reservoirs, a brass-coloured pen part, and various small yellow, blue and red parts.

Decoration

N/A