General Information

Serial #

5170-7054628

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE CASING FRONT, INDICATOR LIGHT PANEL, POWER CORD, PARTS/ CORK FEET/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, POWER CORD, PARTS/ METAL WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

53.6 cm

Width

42.0 cm

Height

15.9 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

IBM

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Armonk

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1984-1989

Canada

DONOR, CANADIAN ENGINEERING FIRM ADJELEIAN ALLEN RUBELI LTD. OF OTTAWA & TORONTO, USED THIS EQUIPMENT IN DESIGN OF MANY OFFICE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA. IT WAS ALSO USED TO DESIGN STRUCTURAL & MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF TORONTO SKYDOME.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA; IT CONTAINS MICROPROCESSOR & IS USUALLY USED BY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING PURPOSES. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY ENGINEERING FIRM WITH MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM TO DO STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS IN BUILDING PROJECTS FIRM WAS CONTRACTED TO DESIGN.

Technical

IN 1981 IBM INTRODUCED ITS VERY SUCCESSFUL PC. THIS IS EXAMPLE OF 3RD VERSION, PC-AT, INTRODUCED IN 1984. IT CONTAINED INTEL 800286 MICROPROCESSOR, LARGER MEMORY, 5.25 INCH DISK DRIVE & INTRODUCED EGA (EXTENDED GRAPHICS ADAPTER) VIDEO CONTROLLER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 METALLIC PLATES ON FRONT & BACK WITH BLACK LETTERING READING "IBM/ Personal/ Computer AT" & "IBM/ 5170" RESPECTIVELY/ SYNTHETIC LABEL ON BACK READS "Manufactured by/ IBM/ Armonk, New York/ Made in U.S.A./ Model No. 5170" & "Copyright 1984 IBM Corp."/ BAR CODE LABEL READING "339-72" & "5170-7054628"/.2 METALLIC PLATE ON FRONT READS IN BLACK "IBM"/ SYNTHETIC PLATE ON UNDERSIDE READING IN BLACK "DATE23 APR.86 PT.NO. 139031/ ID.NO. B6307 EC.NO. 528148/ PLT.NO. FL2 MODEL M" & "IBM Corp. 1984"/ BAR CODE LABEL READING "IBM 32139013111B6307"

Missing

MONITOR

Finish

.1 TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BUFF CASING FRONT & FLAT BLACK PAINTED BACK/ LIGHT GREY DISK DRIVE CASING/ DARK GREY FRONT PANEL WITH METALLIC LOCK, REG & GREEN LAMPS/.2 LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CASING/ 2 SHADES OF LIGHT GREY KEYS/ BLACK POWER CORD/ WHITE FEET

Decoration

N/A