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OBJECT TYPE: COMPUTER FAMILY TREE
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1966.0556.001

MANUFACTURER: Digital Equipment Corp.
MODEL: PDP
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: PAPER

Dimensions

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

Length: 91.2 cm
Width: 61.0 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Archives
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Digital
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: AMERICAN FIRM DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. BEGAN MANUFACTURING IN CANADA IN 1964 & REMAINED ONE OF CANADA'S FOREMOST COMPUTER FIRMS.
Function: CHART DEPICTING INTERRELATIONSHIPS OF 4 FAMILIES OF COMPUTERS MADE BY THE DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP.
Technical: DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. DEVELOPED SOME OF MOST WIDELY USER MINICOMPUTERS OF 1960S & 1970S, ESPECIALLY PDP SERIES. DEC WAS FORMED IN 1957 & PDP-1 WAS INTRODUCED IN 1960 & PDP SERIES WAS MOST POPULAR COMPUTER FOR ENGINEERS IN 1960'S & 1970'S
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING READS: 'Digital/ Equipment/ Corporation/ PDP Tree' & 'DigitalComputer Museum'
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLUE PAPER WITH WHITE & RED TREE
Decoration: N/A

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