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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/WORD PROCESSOR
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0001.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- DECMATE II/ VR201-B
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- TAE7276
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING; GLASS, METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 26.5 cm
- Width
- 28.7 cm
- Height
- 35.5 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
- Digital
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- THIS UNIT WAS USED BY NMST COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT CLERICAL STAFF C. 1980-1989
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT FIRST PURCHASED FOR USE IN THE AUTOMATION OF NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY'S OPERATING & ARTIFACT DATABASE RECORDS. ACQUIRED AS PART OF LARGE PACKAGE OF COMPUTER EQ. & SOFTWARE PURCHASED BY T. PAULL, CURATOR FOR USE BY THE MUSEUM. - Function
-
PERSONAL COMPUTER WITH WORD PROCESSING CAPABILITIES. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON SCREEN BACK READS: 'Model:VR201-B Made in Tachi, Taoyuan, Taiwan/ SN: TAE7276/ Date:05-SEP-83/ 3620216-01'. ALL CONNECTIONS LABELLED. 'digital' APPEARS IN LOWER LEFT FRONT CORNER
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BEIGE OR PALE-GREY CRINKLE-TEXTURED FINISH ON CASING
- Decoration
- N/A
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Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd., Computer, before 1980, Artifact no. 1994.0001, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/1994.0001.001/
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