General Information

Serial #

LW 0313

Part Number

1

Total Parts

15

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS, GLASS SCREEN/.2 SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYBOARD, KEYS, CABLE COVERING/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

50.2 cm

Width

44.9 cm

Height

39.5 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

Intel

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Clara

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1981+

Canada

AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT, USED BY OTTAWA COMPUTER COMPANY UNTIL IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPLOYEES WERE PERMITTED TO TAKE EQUIPMENT & ONE SUCH GAVE THIS COMPUTER TO DONOR WHILE BOTH WORKED AT GANDALF. LATTER USED IT FOR PERSONAL USE BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS FOR CLIENTS.

Function

CPU OF SYSTEM USED TO DEVELOP PC MOTHER BOARDS, ROM BIOS INSTRUCTION SETS, ETC., & GENERALLY BY COMPUTER COMPANIES TO TEST HARDWARE & SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. DONOR USED IT TO DEVELOP COMPUTER BOARD FOR DRIP MONITOR BY WHICH RATE OF LIQUID DROPS COULD BE CONTROLLED, OTHER TIMING CIRCUITS & TELEPHONE. SWITCHING CIRCUITS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY 1980S MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT. DIFFERENT MODULES COULD BE ATTACHED TO CPU TO EMULATE SPECIFIC INTEL MICROCHHIPS. COMPUTER COULD THEN EMULATE PC WITH THAT CHIP TO RUN SOFTWARE TO ANALYSE OPERATION OF HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, & ENABLE IMPROVEMENTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 &.2 BLACK & SILVER LABEL ON BACK READS "Intel/ S/N LW0313 MODEL PiMDX 225A/ VOLTAGE 115 V/ FREQUENCY 60 HZ/ CURRENT 5.4 AMPS/ Made in U.S.A."/.1 WHITE "Intel" & LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT/.2 BLACK STAMPED "4001238-09" ON BACK

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

.1 TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH BLACK & BUFF FRONT; BLACK BACK WITH BLACK & METALLIC PARTS; WHITE SWITCH, RED LIGHTS; COLOURLESS & TRANSPARENT GLASS/.2 TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH BLACK KEYBOARD, BLACK & BUFF KEYS, GREY CABLE

Decoration

N/A