General Information

Serial #

77587-0129

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

126.0 cm

Width

70.0 cm

Height

126.0 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

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 COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE THAT PRINTS PROCESSED COMPUTER DATA AS NUMBERS, LETTERS, OR GRAPHIC IMAGES ON PAPER

Technical

GENERAL ELECTRIC PRODUCED 2ND & 3RD GENERATION COMPUTERS FROM C.1960 TO 1970 WHEN ITS COMPUTER BUSINESS WAS SOLD TO HONEYWELL. IN THE LATE 1960'S, GE COMPUTER 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 BY GE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

CAST 'GENERAL [GE] ELECTRIC' ONCONTROL CONSOLE

Missing

N/A

Finish

LOWER CASING PANELS PAINTED LIGHT BLUE, UPPER PANELS LIGHT BLUE/ BRUSHED METAL PRINTER CASING AT TOP OF UNIT/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT WINDOW/ WHITE & BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A