General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASE & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC KEYS, CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

66.5 cm

Width

50.0 cm

Height

17.7 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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Virginia

City

Waynesboro

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1974-1994

Canada

AMERICAN-MADETECHNOLOGY USED IN CANADIAN OFFICE (DONOR SUGGESTS BELL-NORTHERN RESEARCH IN KANATA, ON). IT WAS PURCHASED SECOND-HAND FOR USE AS PRINTER BY DONOR'S SON, AGE 12 IN JANUARY 1995/ IN 1973 TCTS ESTABLISHED CROSS-CANADA PRIVATE DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK VIA MICROWAVE, CALLED DATAROUTE (REF.1)

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE, CAPABLE FO TRANSMITTING & RECEIVING DATA TO & FROM A REMOTE COMPUTER. DATA RECEIVER IS PRINTED AT A RATE OF UP TO 30 CHARACTERS PER SECOND ON CONVENTIONAL PAPER

Technical

EXAMPLE OF RELATIVELY SMALL & QUIET PRINTER SUITABLE FOR HOME/OFFICE ENVIRONMENT. IT IS ESSENTIALLY ONE OF FIRST TYPEWRITERS WITH MEMORY, CAPABLE OF RECEIVING & TRANSMITTING DATA, THUS LINKING SMALL BUSINESSES TO COMPUTERS ELSEWHERE. IT IS PRIMARILY OF ELECTRONIC DESIGN & COMPLETELY MODULAR IN CONSTRUCTION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'The Computer/ Communications/ Group' & 'Datacomm 300'/ BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS & FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

DUST COVER/ CABLES

Finish

TEXTURED BEIGE PAINTED CASING/ BUFF ENAMEL PAINTED KEYBOARD & CONTROL PANEL/ BUFF KEYS/ WHITE & GREY SYNTHETIC BUTTONS/ BRUSHED & PLATED METAL PARTS/ SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN

Decoration

N/A