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- OBJECT TYPE
- HARD DRIVE
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.1002.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment Corp.
- MODEL
- VAX 11/750 (N)/ RM80-AA
- LOCATION
- Maynard, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- CX02610
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 83.8 cm
- Width
- 55.0 cm
- Height
- 100.0 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 COMPUTERSYSTEM 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 OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK. - 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./ IN LATE 1960S FASTER, DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES BEGAN SUPPLANTING TAPE DRIVES AS AUXILIARY STORAGE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ON FRONT INCISED "digital" & BLACK "RM80"/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "DRA0"/ LABELS ON BACK READ "digital MODEL RM80-AA/ 120 V 7.5 A 1 PH/ 60 Hz 750 W 2+G WIRE SN: CX02610" & "digital MODEL SV-BXWAA-AA/ SN: KA82000376C" (FOR SYSTEM)
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED UPPER CASING, WITH DARK GREY FRONT DOOR & BACK PANEL/ RED, YELLOW, & WHITE CONTROL BUTTONS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Digital Equipment Corp., Drive, disk, 1980, Artifact no. 1995.1002, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1995.1002.001/
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