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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1967
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1980.0479.001

MANUFACTURER: Olivetti
MODEL: Unknown
LOCATION: Italy

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General Information

Serial #: 75950-0114
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
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: 95.3 cm
Width: 43.3 cm
Height: 98.4 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: 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: A DEVICE WHICH SERVED AS AN INTERFACE BETWEEN A COMPUTER'S CPU & AN OPTICAL READER, POSSIBLY A PHOTO-ELECTRIC ARD READER (800475).
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 PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT WAS SCATTERED ACROSS 5 COUNTRIES. THIS COMPONENT WAS MADE BY OLIVETTI IN ITALY FOR THE GE 115 SYSTEM. THE 100 SERIES WAS ABANDONED IN 1966.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: INCISED 'GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC' ON FRONT CASING/ INTERIOR DECAL READS 'MADE IN ITALY/ 0008160392/ GENERAL ELECTRIC 75950-0114'/ HANDWRITTEN YELLOW 'OMR INTERFACE PLUG TO OMR READER' ON CASING
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED DARK BLUE PAINTED CASING SIDES/ WHITE SYNTHETIC COVERED TOP/ BLACK PAINTED INTERIOR FRAME/ MULTI-COLOURED SYNTHETICPARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Olivetti, Interface, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1980.0479, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1980.0479.001/

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