Board, circuit
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- OBJECT TYPE
- CENTRAL PROCESSOR/TRANSISTOR/MINI
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.1269.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Data General Corp.
- MODEL
- SUPERNOVA
- LOCATION
- Hull, Québec, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- C0008
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- POLYMER RESIN BOARD/ SYNTHETIC & METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 39.1 cm
- Width
- 38.2 cm
- Height
- 1.8 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
- Data
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Québec
- City
- Hull
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1968+
- Canada
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MADE IN CANADA BY SUBSIDIARY OF AMERICAN FIRM DATA GENERAL CORP. THESE WERE RETRIEVED FROM ITS "JUNK BOX" BY DATAGEN OF CANADA LTD. OF HULL, PQ, & DONATED TO NMSTC IN 1972 FOR EXHIBIT PURPOSES. - Function
-
INSULATING BOARD ON WHICH ARE MOUNTED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS SUCH AS TRANSISTORS OR INTEGRATED CIRCUITS, WHICH ALLOW COMPUTING PROCESS TO OCCUR. THIS EXAMPLE IS CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT FROM MINICOMPUTER. - Technical
-
DATA GENERAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1968 & WAS ONE OF MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCERS OF MINICOMPUTERS IN 1970'S. ITS ORIGINAL PRODUCT, NOVA, WAS INTRODUCED IN LATE 1968 & WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL. THIS PROCESSOR BOARD WAS FROMSUPERNOVA MODEL. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METALLIC LETTERING ON BOARD READS "COPYRIGHT 1968 BY/ DATA GENERAL CORP./ (ALL RIGHTS RESERVED)"/ LETTERING STAMPED IN BLACK ON BOARD IN CORNER READS "C 0008" WITH METALLIC "107-00029-06"/ PRINTED LABEL IN CORNER READING IN BLACK "MADE IN CANADA"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREY-GREEN BOARD WITH BLACK, GOLD, RED, WHITE & METALLIC COMPONENTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Data General Corp., Board, circuit, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1972.1269, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.1269.001/
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