Computer
Use this image
Can I reuse this image without permission? Yes
Object images on the Ingenium Collection’s portal have the following Creative Commons license:
Copyright Ingenium / CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
ATTRIBUTE THIS IMAGE
Ingenium,
1997.0815.001
Permalink:
Ingenium is releasing this image under the Creative Commons licensing framework, and encourages downloading and reuse for non-commercial purposes. Please acknowledge Ingenium and cite the artifact number.
DOWNLOAD IMAGEPURCHASE THIS IMAGE
This image is free for non-commercial use.
For commercial use, please consult our Reproduction Fees and contact us to purchase the image.
- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/128K
- DATE
- 1982
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0815.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Hewlett Packard Co.
- MODEL
- 87XM
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 2314A95231
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, SCREEN, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL WORKING PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 45.3 cm
- Width
- 41.8 cm
- Height
- 19.5 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
- Hewlett Packard
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- C. 1982 +
- Canada
-
PART OF FIRST INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM ACQUIRED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA. ALSO KNOWN (IN CANADA) AS "ISS" (INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM), THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS USED FOR SURVEY WORK ON THE PRAIRIES, & ON MASSIVE QUEBEC HYDRO PROJECTS OF LATE 1970S-EARLY 1980S. - Function
-
PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING, PROCESSING & STORING DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF INERTIAL SURVEYING SYSTEM USED TO COMPUTE THE GEODETIC COORDINATES & ELEVATION OF GIVEN POINT. - Technical
-
IN DEC.1982 HP INTRODUCED MODEL HP-87XM OF SERIES 80 PCS FOR SCIENTISTS OR ENGINEERS. IT WAS MARKETED AS TOP OF LINE OF HP SERIES 80 FAMILY OF PCS (SEE 2001.0004) & APPEARS IN 1984 HP CATALOGUE ONLY. THESE PCS HAD LARGER MEMORY THAN PREDECESSORS, MADE POSSIBLE BY DROP IN COST OF RAM DEVICES & IMPROVEMENTS IN LOGIC BOARDS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLUE & GREY LABELS READING "hp" [LOGO] & "HEWLETT-PACKARD 87XM" ON FRONT/ WHITE LETTERING ON BACK READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. MADE IN U.S.A."/ WHITE LABEL ON BACK READS "SERIAL NO./2314A95231/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK "ASSET 00063" ON TOP/ BLACK & YELLOW LETTERING ON KEYS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN FRONT PANEL/ BROWN SCREEN/ BROWN, BUFF, & YELLOW KEYS/ BROWN PARTS/ BLACK FEET
- Decoration
- N/A
CITE THIS OBJECT
If you choose to share our information about this collection object, please cite:
Hewlett Packard Co., Computer, after 1982, Artifact no. 1997.0815, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0815.001/
FEEDBACK
Submit a question or comment about this artifact.