General Information

Serial #

AG08495

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METAL RACK WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT PANELS

Dimensions

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

Length

47.5 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

13.0 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

Digital

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

ADRES EQUIPMENT WAS INTRODUCED CA. 1980 & USED INTO THE MID 1990'S.

Canada

PART OF A CANADIAN DEVELOPED SYSTEM USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME. THE ADRES WAS A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROCESSING & ANALYSING INPUT METEOROLOGICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM RADIOSONDES & PRODUCING ENCODED MESSAGES FOR TRANSMISSION.

Function

COMPUTER USED IN PROCESSING METEOROLOGICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM RADIOSONDES VIA A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION. IT WAS ALSO USED TO CONTROL THE ANTENNA IN ALTITUDE & AZIMUTH BY MAXIMIZING SIGNAL STRENGTH FROM THE RADIOSONDE.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN LATE 1970'S, ADRES REPLACED ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM OF DATA REDUCTION PREVIOUSLY USED WITH GMD, A SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE MANUAL CALCULATION. IN MID 1990'S, ADRES WAS REPLACED BY SINGLE MINI-COMPUTER & APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE. INTRODUCED IN 1970, PDP11 BECAME MOST WIDELY USED COMPUTER IN WORLD & BY 1980, THERE WERE MORE THAN A DOZEN MODELS.(CORDATA:1987,P.298-S.I.)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE, GREY, & OUTLINE LETTERING READS 'digital pdp11/04'/ INTERIOR DECAL READING 'digital MODEL 11/24 XX/ SN: AG08495/ Hz 60 V 120/ A 5.0'/ INTERIOR PLATE READS 'EQUIPMENT/ SERIAL NO. AAA7907/ ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE/ DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT/ SED SYSTEMS - SASKATOON, CANADA'/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE WITH WHITE 'ADRES 2' & METALLIC LABEL WITH TYPED'ACTD/ 5039-01134' ON RACK

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE & GREY CONTROLS/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED RACK WITH TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED REAR DOOR & GREY OR BLACK FRONT PANELS.

Decoration

N/A