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OBJECT TYPE: PHOTO-ELECTRIC/TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1965
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0475.001

MANUFACTURER: General Electric
MODEL: CRZ 100
LOCATION: Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 218
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS LAMP

Dimensions

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

Length: 70.0 cm
Width: 25.5 cm
Height: 29.7 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: General Electric
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Arizona
City: Phoenix

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1970-1980
Canada: USED AT A CANADIAN SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Function: A COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WHICH PHOTO-ELECTRICALLY CONVERTS DATA PUNCHED INTO CARDS INTO ELECTRICAL SIGNALS REPRESENTING THE PUNCHED DATA IN A FORM ACCEPTED BY A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A PHOTO-ELECTRIC CARD READER
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PLATE READING 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ CARD READER/ MOD./CAT. NO. 4WCRZ100A2/ TYPE NO. CRZ100/ VOLTS 120 AMPS.1/ WIRES 1 60 [CYCLES]/ COMPUTER DEPT. PHOENIX, ARIZONA/ NP218388 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'/ DECALS READING 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ COMPUTER EQUIPMENT DEPT./ PHOENIX, ARIZONA'/ Mod./Cat. No. 4WCRZ100A2/ Serial No. 218/ Build Status CRG-00-303'; 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ POST TAG/ TYPE NO. CRZ100 QTY. 1/ MODEL NO. 4WCRZ100A2/ SERIAL NO. 218 L K S'; 'CANADIAN TRACING 0043745/ Honeywell'
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING WITH LIGHT BLUE END PANELS & PANELS/ BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANEL WITH GREY SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS/ CLEAR SYNTHETIC CARD WEIGHTS/ PLATED & BRUSHED PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS
Decoration: WHITE PAINTEDMETAL PLATE ON FRONT WITH RED GE LOGO & BLACK 'GENERAL ELECTRIC'

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General Electric, Reader, card, circa 1965, Artifact no. 1980.0475, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0475.001/

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