General Information

Serial #

DD1122

Part Number

2

Total Parts

5

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

NON-FERROUS METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE PORTAL/ 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

43.0 cm

Width

45.5 cm

Height

13.2 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

MITS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Mexico

City

Albuquerque

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1977-1984

Canada

AMERICAN DEVELOPED &MADE TECHNOLOGY USED IN CANADA BY NATIONAL DEFENCE FOR COMPUTER TRAINING.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE, USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS EXAMPLE IS PART OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY MILITARY TO TRAIN SUPPLY MANAGERS IN COMPUTERIZED SUPPLY SYSTEM.

Technical

ORIGINAL ALTAIR 8800, WHICH APPEARED IN 1975, WAS FIRST FULL-FLEDGED PC ON MARKET & LAUNCHED PC INDUSTRY. IT HAD LIMITED MEMORY & NO PERIPHERALS. THIS DISK DRIVE WAS PERIPHERAL FOR SLIGHTLY LATER ALTAIR 8800B, ONE OF SEVERAL PERIPHERALS & OTHER ACCESSORIES AVAILABLE IN 1977.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK OF EACH READS 'MITS INC./ ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO U.S.A./ SERIAL NO. DD 1122'/ WHITE HANDWRITTEN ADHESIVE LABELS READS 'DISK DRIVE #1' ON FRONT/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ BLACK LETTERING READING 'ALTAIR DISK' & RAISED 'MITS' ON FRONT/ INTERIOR LABEL READS 'PERTEC/ PERIPHERAL EQUIPMENT DIVISION/ 9600 IRONDALE AVE., CHATSWOTH, CALIFORNIA 911311/ MODEL NO. FD400/ PART NO. 920063-01A/ SERIAL NO. 365506959/ POWER 24 VDC'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED PALE GREY & MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING/ DARK GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT/ WHITE DISK DRIVE/ GREY POWER CORD/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CABLES

Decoration

METALLIC STRIP ACROSS FRONT