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- OBJECT TYPE
- ELECTROSTATIC
- DATE
- 1989
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0107.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Versatec
- MODEL
- 8536 HR
- LOCATION
- California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- K43600114W
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL, BUTTONS, SCREEN/ METAL TABLE/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ ROLLS OF PAPER/ PLASTIC INK BOTTLES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 128.5 cm
- Width
- 63.5 cm
- Height
- 108.0 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
- Versatec
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1989-1998
- Canada
-
DONOR, CANADIAN ENGINEERING FIRM ADJELEIAN ALLEN RUBELI LTD. OF OTTAWA & TORONTO, USED THIS & OTHER COMPUTER EQUIPMENT IN DESIGN OFMANY OFFICE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA. - Function
-
OUTPUT DEVICE USED TO GRAPHICALLY REPRESENT COMPUTER DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING FIRM TO PLOT TECHNICAL DRAWINGS GENERATED BY COMPUTER. OUTPUT COULD BE ON 36 INCH OPAQUE PAPER, TRANSLUCENT PAPER, VELLUM & CLEAR OR MATTE-BACK POLYESTER FILM. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF ELECTROSTATIC PLOTTER, IN WHICH DIFFERENTIAL VOLTAGES ARE USED TO DEPOSIT POINT CHARGES ON SPECIALLY COATED MEDIA TO WHICH TONER ADHERES TO CREATE PLOT IMAGE. THIS PLOTTER ACCEPTS VECTOR DATA, CONVERTS IT TO RASTER DATA, THEN OUTPUTS COMPLETE BUFFERED IMAGE ON HIGH QUALITY PAPER OR FILM MEDIA. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- ORNAMENTAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH RAISED LOGO & "VERSATEC"/ PLATE ON BACK READS "VERSATEC/ CALIFORNIA, U.S.A./ MODEL 8536HR SERIAL NO. K43600114W/ VOLTAGE 115 V CURRENT 5A CYCLE 50/60H/ MANUFACTURE DATE 6-89"/ PAPER LABEL ATTACHED TO TOP READS "DISPATCH SERIAL NUMBER/ 9L69006601/ SERVICE 1-800-939-3769/ Model 8536HR/ ADJELEIAN ALLEN RUBELI LTD./ AD04 CSE# 1177/ XES"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREY & BUFF TEXTURED CASING PANELS/ DARK GREY CONTROL PANEL WITH BLACK BUTTONS/ BRUSHED METAL TABLE/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS/ WHITE PAPER
- Decoration
- N/A
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Versatec, Plotter, 1989, Artifact no. 1999.0107, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/id/1999.0107.001/
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