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- OBJECT TYPE
- PAPER/PHOTO-ELECTRIC
- DATE
- 1970–1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0272.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hewlett-Packard
- MODEL
- 2748B
- LOCATION
- Cupertino, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1226A01167
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC CASING & WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 56.0 cm
- Width
- 42.5 cm
- Height
- 17.3 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
- Hewlett Packard
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Cupertino
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970'S-1980'S
- Canada
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AMERICAN-MADE COMPUTER PERIPHERAL USED WITH CANADIAN PRODUCED POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM BYGEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADIAN DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, & RESOURCES. THIS SYSTEM ENABLED SURVEY OF CANADIAN SUBARCTIC WITHOUT USING MANUAL METHODS SUCH AS TRIANGULATION CHAINS. - Function
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DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER TAPE & INPUTS IT INTO COMPUTER FOR PROCESSING. IN THIS CASE, DATA CONSISTS OF MEASUREMENTS OF DOPPLER SHIFT OF SATELLITE TAKEN FROM GROUND BY SURVEYORS; COMPUTER THEN TRANSLATED DATA INTO GEOGRAPHIC POSITION. - Technical
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1970S PERIPHERAL, ONE OF SEVERAL MADE BY HEWLETT-PACKARD. IT WAS USED WITH EARLY SATELLITE-BASED POSITION LOCATING SYSTEM USED IN NAVIGATION, SURVEYING ETC. IT MADE USE OF DOPPLER EFFECT & WAS PRECURSOR TO 1980S-1990S GPS TECHNOLOGY. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS '2748B TAPE READER/ HEWLETT-PACKARD'/ LABELS ON BACK READS 'HEWLETT-PACKARD/ MODEL 2748B/ S/N 1226A01667' & 'HEWLETT-PACKARD USA/ 2201314-15'/ BLACK LETTERING ON BACK/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT BUTTONS/ PARTIAL EMR INVENTOR & CONTROL LABEL ON FRONT WITH RC/CR 633 024569 & EQ CODE D'EQUIPE 7025-00-280-0782'
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- BRUSHED METAL FRAME/ TEXTURED GREY CASING SIDE & TOP PANELS/ LIGHT GREY TEXTURED FINISH ON FRONT PANEL/ LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED MECHANISM CASINGS ON FRONT WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC BUTTONS & PARTS, METALLIC PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL CARRYING HANDLES WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC GRIPS.
- Decoration
- BLACK, WHITE, BLUE HP LOGO PLATE ON FRONT & SIMILAR LABEL INSET INTO SYNTHETIC HANDLE GRIPS
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Hewlett-Packard, Reader, tape, between 1970–1979, Artifact no. 1990.0272, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0272.001/
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