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OBJECT TYPE: floppy/3.5 inch
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2001.0004.002

MANUFACTURER: Hewlett-Packard
MODEL: 9121
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 2341Y108446
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS; METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC CABLES

Dimensions

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

Length: 32.5 cm
Width: 32.1 cm
Height: 7.8 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: Hewlett Packard
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1980'S
Canada: COMPUTER WHICH CONTROLLED CANADA'S PRIMARY BALANCE USED TO MAKE KILOGRAM MASS COMPARISONS. THIS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL BALANCE WAS MOST IMPORTANT PIECE OF EQUIPMENT IN ITS TIME IN CANADA FOR MASS MEASUREMENT, AS ALL MASS STANDARDS IN CANADA WERE REFERENCED BACK TO RESULTS ACHIEVED WITH IT.
Function: AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE, USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.
Technical: IN DEC. 1982 HP INTRODUCED MODEL HP-86 OF SERIES 80 PCS FOR SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS; 86B WAS ONE OF LAST TWO OF SERIES & APPEARS IN HP CATALOGUES 1984-1987. 86 WAS MARKETED AS BASIC, LOW COST MEMBER OF 80 SERIES FAMILY. THESE PCS HAD LARGER MEMORIES THAN PREDECESSORS, DUE TO DROP IN COST OF RAM & LOGIC BOARD IMPROVEMENTS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: GREY PLATE ON FRONT READS "hp HEWLETT/ PACKARD 9121"; LABEL ON BACK READS IN PART "HEWLETT-PACKARD 9121/ MODEL D?/ SERIAL NUMBER 2341Y10844".
Missing: From CA of 06/04/2001 by Myles Bailey: No - Complete
Finish: TEXTURED BUFF CASING: BEIGE DISK DRIVE ACCESSES.
Decoration: N/A

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Hewlett-Packard, Drive, disk, circa 1982, Artifact no. 2001.0004, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingenium.ca/en/item/2001.0004.002/

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