General Information

Serial #

L13138975

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC/ METAL/ QUARTZ WINDOW

Dimensions

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

Length

3.2 cm

Width

1.7 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Energy-electric

Category

Electricity & electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Intel

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

Period

AFTER 1977

Canada

Unknown

Function

EPROMS were erasable-programmable-read-only-memory microchips, usually used for long term storage of programming fundamental to computer's operation. They could be erased & reprogrammed thousands of times. This example was used in passive / nonprogrammable terminal.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN EARLY 1970S, EPROMS WERE SOLD BLANK TO BE PROGRAMMED BY PURCHASER. THEY COULD BE USED BY COMPUTER MANUFACTURERS IN THEIR PRODUCTS OR BY COMPUTER USERS (WITH AVAILABLE SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT). CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPUTING DEVICE COULD BE CHANGED BY ERASING & REPROGRAMING EPROMS AS REQUIRED.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON UPPER SIDE READS 'D2716-2/ L13138975/ (c) INTEL '77' & ON LOWER SIDE 'MALAYSIA/ 8129 CY/ F'

Missing

N/A

Finish

CHARCOAL CASING WITH WHITE INTERIOR & COLOURLESS, TRANSPARENT WINDOW OVER CHIP/ PLATED CONNECTORS

Decoration

'I' LOGO ON UPPER SIDE