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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR/12K CORE MEMORY
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0474.001

MANUFACTURER: Olivetti
MODEL: GE115
LOCATION: Italy

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General Information

Serial #: 74308-0248
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 9
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 110.0 cm
Width: 52.0 cm
Height: 98.0 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: Olivetti
Country: Italy
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1970-1980
Canada: USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Function: THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT IS THAT PART OF A COMPUTER THAN INTERPRETS & EXECUTES INSTRUCTIONS.
Technical: GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCED 2ND & 3RD GENERATION COMPUTERS FROM THE LATE 1950'S UNTIL 1970, WHEN ITS COMPUTER BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO HONEYWELL. IN THE LATE 1960'S, GE COMPUTER PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WAS SCATTERED ACROSS 5COUNTRIES. THIS COMPUTER WAS MADE BY OLIVETTI IN ITALY AS THE GE115. THE 100 SERIES WAS ABANDONED IN 1966, ONE OF SEVERAL PROJECTS ABANDONED BY GE.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: .1 INTERIOR DECALS READING 'CODO645738V TAV 420 N50218/ MADE IN ITALY CODO89923-1/ OLIVETTI/ GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC 74308-0248'; 'CANADIAN TRACKING NO./ 0043661/ Honeywell'/ LABEL ATTACHED TO FRONT READS 'THIS COMPUTER WAS IN SERVICE IN/ EASTVIEW SECONDARY SCHOOL/ IN BARRIE ONT. FROM 1970 TO 1980./ IT WAS DONATED BY THE/ SIMCOE COUNTY BD. OF ED./ TIM CRAWFORD/ DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS EDUCATION'/.2 INTERIOR DECALS READING 'MADE IN ITALY/ OLIVETTI COD0897546-K/ GENERAL ELECTRIC 750427-0168'; 'CANADIAN TRACKING NO./ 0043687/ Honeywell'/.1 'GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC' CAST IN CONTROL CONSOLE HOUSING
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1-.2 TEXTURED LIGHT BLUE PAINTED CASING SIDES, WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERED TOP/.1 BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL; WHITE & RED SYNTHETIC EXTERIOR CONTROL BUTTONS, BLACK INDICATOR LIGHT PANEL/.3-.5 TEXTURED LIGHT & DARK BLUE PAINTED CASING PANELS
Decoration: N/A

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Olivetti, Central processing unit, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1980.0474, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0474.001/

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