General Information

Serial #

BT01590

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL, CONTROLS, GRILLE ON MEMORY UNIT, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

124.0 cm

Width

77.0 cm

Height

106.0 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

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Maynard

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1981 TO NOVEMBER 1996

Canada

CPU & MEMORY OF COMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY NMST FOR 15 YEARS, SUCCEEDING PDP-11/34A USED FROM 1978. VAX SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN COMPUTER EXHIBIT & OPERATED GAMES ETC. THEREIN. SYSTEM ALSO SUPPORTED ALL ADMINISTRATIVE & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. LATTER INITIALLY OPERATED OFF DATATRIEVE SOFTWARE BUT LATER IN-HOUSE "COLLECTION MANAGER" SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COLLECTION DATA TO INTERNAL USERS

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED AT NMST TO SUPPORT ALL ADMINISTRATIVE FUNCTIONS, PUBLIC PROGRAMMING (SPECIFICALLY GAMES IN COMPUTER EXHIBIT), & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS.

Technical

VAX 11 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1978 (VAX 11/750 IN 1980) & WAS SUCCESSOR TO DEC'S VERY SUCCESSFUL PDP-11. ITS 32-BIT ARCHITECTURE MADE IT "COMPLEX INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTER". ALTHOUGH NOT FIRST SUPERMINI, VAX BECAME STANDARD BY WHICH THEY WERE MEASURED, & WAS ONE OF MOST SUCCESSFUL DESIGNS IN HISTORY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABELS ON BACK READ "digital MODEL 11750-AA/ 120 V/ 60 H 24 AMP SN: BT01590" (ON CPU), "digital MODEL H9642-DB/ SN: KA0126/ Hz 60 V 120 1 PH/ A 24 2+G" (ON MEMORY), & "digital 1 PH MODEL SV-BXWAA-AA/ 120 VOLT 2+G WIRE CAB 0/ 60 Hz 24 AMP SN: KA82000376C" (FOR SYSTEM)/ BLACK & WHITELETTERING ON FRONT READING "digital VAX 11/750"/ HANDWRITEN LABELS READ "CSA1" ON CPU & "PUA0" ON MEMORY/ INVENTORY LABELS READING "N.M.C./M.N.C./ 30969" & "NMST/SMNST 007662"

Missing

ONE SIDE PANEL MISSING FROM CORE MEMORY

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING/ BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL, PARTS/ GREEN, WHITE, & RED CONTROL BUTTONS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC WORKING PARTS

Decoration

N/A