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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1980.0479.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Olivetti
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Italy
More Information
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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