General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, CHASSIS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ synthetic leather-type cover

Dimensions

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

Length

62.3 cm

Width

43.5 cm

Height

29.0 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

Imperial Typewriter

Country

England

State/Province

Unknown

City

Leichester

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1969-1978?

Canada

A BRITISH MADE COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM CONSTRUCTED & MARKETED BY THE CANADIAN FIRM STRAND ELECTRIC LTD. OF TORONTO. IT WAS USED AT ONE OF CANADA'S MAJOR PERFORMING ARTS VENUES & WAS THE FIRST LIGHTING SYSTEM OF THIS TYPE IN USE IN ACANADIAN THEATRE.

Function

A TYPEWRITER USED AS AN OUTPUT DEVICE FOR A THEATRICAL LIGHTING SYSTEM (790969). THE ANALOGUE VOLTAGE OUTPUT FOR EACH LAMP IS STORED IN COMPUTER MEMORY & THE DATALOG TYPEWRITER CAN BE USED TO PRINT THE LIGHTING CUE NUMBER & VOLTAGE LEVEL SETTING FOR EACH LAMP DIMMER CHANNEL TO THE NEAREST 5%.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER DESIGNED TO FUNCTION AS A COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLASTIC COVERED METAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH METALLIC LETTERING ON SILVER GROUND READING 'IMPERIAL DATALOG'/ PLATE ON UNDERSIDE READS 'IMPERIAL ELECTRIC/ MOTOR SPECIFICATIONS/ 100/110 V. 60 C.'/ WHITE LETTERING ON COVER READS 'IMPERIAL DATALOG'

Missing

CASING TOP

Finish

BLUE PAINTED CASING/ BLUE & GREY SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PLATED, METALLIC & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ CHARCOAL KEYS, BLUE SPACEBAR ETC./ BLACK ROLLER/ BLUE COVER

Decoration

WHITE TRIM ON COVER