General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC BOARD/ METAL & SYNTHETIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

Dimensions

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

Length

43.9 cm

Width

16.2 cm

Height

5.4 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

Dynalogic

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1982

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION OF MOCKUPS, FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS & MANUALS RELATING TO HYPERION COMPUTER, DONATED BY C.MURRAY BELL, FOUNDER OF DYNALOGIC CORP. OF OTTAWA & DEVELOPER OF HYPERION. HYPERION WASFIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. PORTABLE COMPUTER, APPEARING YEAR AFTER 1ST PORTABLE, AMERICAN OSBORNE.

Function

INSULATING BOARD ON WHICH ARE MOUNTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WHICH PERFORM COMPUTER PROCESSING FUNCTIONS. THIS WAS PROTOTYPE BOARD USED IN DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONAL COMPUTER.

Technical

ACCORDING TO MR. BELL, THIS IS PROTOTYPE OF HYPERION ELECTRONICS, DATING FROM SPRING & SUMMER OF 1982. HYPERION APPEARED AFTER FIRST PORTABLE COMPUTER, OSBORNE, & HAD LARGER MEMORY LARGER, AMBER SCREEN; LARGER DISK DRIVE CAPACITY; MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEM; LANGUAGES - PASCAL, BASIC, FORTRAN. IT WAS MADE BETWEEN 1983 & 1985.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GREY LETTERING ON BOARD READING "DYNALOGIC INFO-TECH CORPORATION/ PWA-100004-000-001" ON ON SIDE & ON OTHER "DYNALOGIC INFO-TECH/ CORPORATION/ SERIAL NO. 0284 PWA-100005-03"/ GREY & BLACK LETTERING IDENTIFYING COMPONENTS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GREEN BOARD/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A