General Information

Serial #

W516403

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE ACCESSES, 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 peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Westfield

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

A DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH A COMPUTER IN PROCESSING METEOROLOGICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION. IN THE DUAL DISK DRIVE, ONE DISK WAS USED FOR PROGRAMME STORAGE & THE OTHER FOR ARCHIVE DATA STORAGE.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1970'S, THE ADRES REPLACED THE ELECTRO- MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF DATA REDUCTION PREVIOUSLY USED WITH THE GMD, A SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE MANUAL CALCULATION. IN THE MID 1990'S, THE ADRES WAS REPLACED BY A SINGLE MINI-COMPUTER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREY SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT WITH GREY, WHITE, & OUTLINE LETTERING READING 'digital rx01'/ INTERIOR PLATE READS 'digital/ EQUIPMENT/ CORPORATION/ WESTFIELD, MASS.' & 'RX01/ WS16403'/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE WITH WHITE 'ADRES 2' & METALLIC LABEL WITH TYPED 'ACTD/ 5039-01134' ON RACK

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BLACK & LIGHT GREY DISK DRIVE ACCESSES/ GREY ENAMEL PAINTED RACK WITH TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED REAR DOOR & GREY OR BLACK FRONT PANELS

Decoration

N/A