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OBJECT TYPE: HORIZONTAL TABLE/1-PEN/X-Y/VACUUM TUBE
DATE: 1959
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1974.0787.001

MANUFACTURER: Electronic Associates Inc.
MODEL: PACE VARIPLOTTER 1100-100-E
LOCATION: Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 809
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 5
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PLOTTING TABLE, CONTROLS, & PARTS/ GLASS VACUUM TUBES

Dimensions

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

Length: 58.4 cm
Width: 44.2 cm
Height: 24.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Analog peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Electronic
Country: United States of America
State/Province: New Jersey
City: Long Branch

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1960-1973
Canada: PERIPHERAL DEVICE FOR PACE 231R ANALOG COMPUTER, WHICH WAS FIRST COMPUTER INSTALLED AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DIVISION OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD., CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CORPORATION.
Function: OUTPUT DEVICE FOR ANALOG COMPUER USED TO REPRESENT COMPUTER DATA GRAPHICALLY ON PAPER. THIS SELF-BALANCING POTENTIOMETER TYPE RECORDER PLOTTED ONE DC VOLTAGE AS FUNCTION OF 2ND DC VOLTAGE. ONE VARIABLE CONTROLLED POSITION OF ARM ON ABSCISSA WHILE 2ND CONTROLLED POSITION OF MOTOR-DRIVEN PEN ALONG ORDINATE.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF VACUUM TUBE BASED ANALOG PLOTTER, CAPABLE OF ACCURATE, RAPID GRAPHIC RECORDING OF ANY DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE IN DC VOLTAGE FORM. IT WAS RELATIVELY PORTABLE TABLE-TOP RECORDER WITH VACUUM PAPER HOLD-DOWN. ADDITION OF ACCESSORY EQ ENABLED IT TO PLOT DIGITAL INFO FROM KEYBOARD, PUNCHED CARDS. OR PAPER TAPE, OR TO OPERATE FUNCTION GENERATOR.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: METALLIC STRIPACROSS TOP READS 'VARIPLOTTER' IN BLACK INCISED LETTERING WITH GREY '1100-E' ON BLUE GROUND/ METALLIC & BLUE PLATE ON FRONT READS 'PACE' IN RAISED METALLIC LETTERING & 'ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES/ INC. IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING/ BROWN LETTERING ON SIDE PANEL READS 'VARIPLOTTER PLOTTING BOARD/ ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES INC., LONG BRANCH, N.J.'/ BROWN LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON SIDE PANEL & TOP CONTROL PANEL/ INTERIOR LABEL READS 'ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES INC./ LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY/ MOD. NO. 1100-100-E SER. NO. 809'
Missing: PENS? - ADDITIONAL PARTS POSSIBLY IN 740017 PTS
Finish: BROWN WRINKLE FINISHED CASING/ GREY PLOTTING TABLE/ GREY & BROWN PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH BLUE SYNTHETIC & METALLIC CONTROLS/ METALLIC CASING SIDE GRILLES, ONE WITH BROWN & GREY PAINTED PANEL WITH BROWN, WHITE, & BLACK CONTROLS & METALLIC PARTS/ BRUSHED & PLATED PEN ARM MECHANISM
Decoration: WHITE LABELS ON TOP & IN INTERIOR READING ''AECL/ TORONTO/ 2889' & 'AECL/ TORONTO/ 6724' RESPECTIVELY/ LABELS ON PLASTIC VIALS READ 'ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES INC.' & 'PACE/ PRECISION ANALOG COMPUTING EQUIPMENT'

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Electronic Associates Inc., Plotter, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1974.0787, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1974.0787.001/

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