General Information

Serial #

SP03482

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WINDOW IN FRONT DOOR, CONTROLS, TAPE REEL, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

84.5 cm

Width

54.0 cm

Height

153.0 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

Maynard

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1981 TO NOVEMBER 1996

Canada

AUXILIARY STORAGE FOR 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

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC TAPE. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED AT NMST TO STORE SOFTWARE & DATA, INCLUDING BACKUP TAPES.

Technical

VAX 11 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1978 AS SUCCESSOR TO DEC'S VERY SUCCESSFUL PDP-11. ITS 32-BIT ARCHITECTURE & OTHER FEATURES MADE IT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL./ TAPE DRIVES WERE USED FOR AUXILIARY STORAGE FROM LATE 1940S TO LATE 1960S, AFTER WHICH THEY WERE GRADUALLY SUPPLANTED BY FASTER DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREY & WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING "digital TS11"/ LABEL ON INTERIOR BACK READS "digital MODEL TS11-CA (ORIGINALLY AA)/ 115 VOLT 10 AMP/ 50/60 Hz 1 PH SN: SP03482/ LABEL ON BACK READING "digital 1 PH MODEL SV-BXWAA-AA/ 120 VOLT 2+G WIRE CAB 1/ 50/60 Hz 24 AMP SN: KA82000376C" (FOR SYSTEM)/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "MSA0"

Missing

DEXTER SIDE PANEL

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING WITH BLACK SIDE PANELS & FRONT DOOR/ COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW & TAPE REEL/ BLACK CONTROL BUTTONS WITH WHITE, GREEN, BLUE, & RED FRONTS/ BLACK, METALLIC, & GOLD COLOURED METAL PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A