General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC; METAL TABLE; METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

165.0 cm

Width

122.0 cm

Height

114.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

BNR

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

USED FROM 1974 AND 1998

Canada

A TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN CANADA TO SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE CANADIAN TELEPHONE NETWORK WHICH AUTOMATES SOME OF THE STEPS PREVIOUSLY DONE BY "LIVE" OPERATORS, FREEING THEM FOR MORE IMPORTANT TASKS. [REF 2]

Function

USED TO PROVIDE HUMAN INTERFACE FOR SP-1 COMPUTER-CONTROLLED AUTOMATIC SWITCHING. [REF 2]

Technical

EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY USE OF MICROPROCESSORS IN THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SYSTEM INVOLVED HUMAN FACTORS STUDIES TO OPTIMIZE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE SYSTEM AND THE USER. THIS SWITCHING SYSTEM REPLACES THE OLD CORD SWITCHBOARD. [REF 1 & 2]

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PANEL ON FRONT OF MONITOR: 'Luminosity Contrast TOPS'/ STANDARD MARKINGS ON KEYBOARD/ CARD INSERTED IN SIDE PANEL:'10-690'/ SHEET AFFIXED TO SIDE OF MONITOR WITH NOTES FOR ENTRY

Missing

From CA of 01/20/1999 by Myles Bailey: Yes - There is a plug or phone missing from a grey cord and the chair is missing.

Finish

SIDE PANELS: BEIGE WITHDARK BROWN SECTIONS/ TABLE: BEIGE WITH DARK BROWN DRAWERS/ MICROPROCESSOR: BEIGE CASE WITH DARK BROWN FRONT PANEL/ MULTI-COLOURED KEYS

Decoration

N/A