General Information

Serial #

WF35789

Part Number

3

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING; METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS

Dimensions

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

Length

48.6 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

16.5 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

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

THIS UNIT WAS USED BY NMST COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT CLERICAL STAFF C. 1980-1989

Canada

EXAMPLE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FIRST PURCHASED FOR USE IN THE AUTOMATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY'S OPERATING & ARTIFACT DATABASE RECORDS. ACQUIRED AS PART OF LARGE PACKAGE OF COMPUTER EQ. & SOFTWARE PURCHASED BY T. PAULL, CURATOR FOR USE BY THE MUSEUM.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE, USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

Mfr's label in lower right back corner reads: ‘digital/ Made in U.S.A./ MODEL PC27-8-A/ SN: WF35789/ HZ 50/60/ V ~120/220-240/ W 220/ A 3.0/2.0/ 3620215-6'; Yellow voltage warning label appears above. All connections labeled.; Mfr's label with CSA UFL disclaimers applied to base; digital/ DECmate/ II' appears in upper left front corner, beside on-off switch; disc drives labeled "0", ‘1"; blue & white property inventory sticker in lower front right corner reads ‘N.M.C./M.N.C./ 24965'; three handwritten Collections Management labels taped to unit top.

Missing

N/A

Finish

BEIGE OR PALE-GREY CRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON CASING (NB: HAS YELLOWED OVER TIME)

Decoration

N/A