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OBJECT TYPE
FLOPPY/5.25 IN./DUAL/540 K
DATE
1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1997.0816.001
MANUFACTURER
Hewlett Packard Co.
MODEL
82901M
LOCATION
United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
2101A15950
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
AKA
N/A
Patents
N/A
General Description
METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE PORTALS, CONTROLS, PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

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

Length
42.5 cm
Width
37.5 cm
Height
11.6 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
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
AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR LARGE-QUANTITY AND/OR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF DATA OR PROGRAMS ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF INERTIAL SURVEYING SYSTEM USED TO COMPUTE THE GEODETIC COORDINATES & ELEVATION OF GIVEN POINT.
Technical
1980'S DISK DRIVE MARKETED BY HEWLETT-PACKARD AS ENTRY-LEVEL MACHINE FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING LOW-COST, RELIABLE, ON-LINE ACCESS. IT WAS INTENDED FOR SMALL BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS VISI-CALC, GRAPHICS PRESENTATION, FILE MANAGER OR WORD PROCESSING. IT APPEARS IN HP CATALOGUES FROM 1981-1985.
Area Notes
Unknown

Details

Markings
WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "hp" [LOGO] & "82901M FLEXIBLE DISC DRIVE/ HEWLETT-PACKARD"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. MADE IN U.S.A."/ WHITE LABELS ON BACK READS "SERIAL NO./ 2101A15950/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A." & "019554"/ GREY & BROWN LABEL ON TOP READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD/ RETURN TO HP WARRANTY/ GREELEY DIVISION 58/ 90 DAY WARRANTY BEGINS ON DATE OF / HP SHIPMENT 22OCT82/ (CALL HP FOR SHIPPING INFO)/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK "ASSET 00069" ON TOP
Missing
APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish
TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN FRONT PANEL/ TEXTURED BLACK DISK DRIVE PORTALS/ BROWN PARTS/ BLACK FEET
Decoration
N/A

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