Central processing unit

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OBJECT TYPE: INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/6-48 K CORE MEMORY
DATE: 1968
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0768.001

MANUFACTURER: Digital Equipment Corp.
MODEL: PDP-8/I/ KEY-EDIT
LOCATION: Maynard, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING/ FORMICA-TYPE TOP/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANELS & CONTROL SWITCHES/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 59.0 cm
Width: 70.5 cm
Height: 106.4 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: Digital
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Maynard

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Quebec
Period: 1974-1984
Canada: AMERICAN-MADE COMPONENT OF CANADIAN DESIGNED COMPUTER SYSTEM. CCI WAS FORMED IN 1967 TO MAKE & MARKET KEY-EDIT SYSTEM; IT CREATED SOFTWARE & MADE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS, KEYBOARDS, & OTHER PARTS, WITH REST OF SYSTEM FORMED MAINLY BY AMERICAN-MADE COMPONENTS. CCI WAS PURCHASED BY NABU CORP. & CEASED OPERATION IN 1984.
Function: PROGRAMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS COMPUTER WAS CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT OF KEY-TO-TAPE DATA PREPARATION SYSTEM, ACCEPTING DATA, RETRIEVING, VERIFYING, & TRANSFERRING IT BETWEEN COMPONENTS AS REQUIRED.
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1965, TRANSISTOR BASED PDP-8 WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MINICOMPUTER DUE TO ITS SMALL SIZE, SPEED, & LOW COST. PDP-8/I APPEARED IN 1968 & WAS EARLY THIRD GENERATION COMPUTER CONTAINING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. 30-40% OF PDP-8S SOLD WERE INCORPORATED BY COMPANIES INTO THEIR OWN SYSTEMS OR MACHINES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'digital PDP-8/I' & 'DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION/ MAYNARD, MASSACHUSETTS'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLACK PAINTED CASING SIDES/ ORANGE PAINTED BACK/ WHITE TOP/ BLACK FRONT PANEL/ BROWN & BUFF SWITCHES
Decoration: ORANGE, BROWN, & WHITE STRIPES ON CONTROL PANEL

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Digital Equipment Corp., Central processing unit, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1984.0768, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0768.001/

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