Keyboard
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- OBJECT TYPE
- VIDEOTEX/TELIDON
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1985.0378.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Microtel
- MODEL
- VTX202
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- 857
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS/ 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
- 42.5 cm
- Width
- 16.7 cm
- Height
- 6.4 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
- Microtel
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980-1985
- Canada
-
This part of a Canadian developed & manufactured Telidon graphics decoder-terminal. The Telidon program began on August 15, 1978 and ended on March 31, 1985. - Function
-
Used to input data into Microtel VTX202 computer terminal for the Telidon system. - Technical
-
According to Douglas O'Brien, system engineer on the Telidon project, keyboards were usually used for business, office or laboratory environments as keypads were meant for Telidon home systems. In 1983, the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS) graphics language develop from the Canadian Telidon system was formalized, ratified and adopted as a world standard for graphics transmission by computer. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- DECAL ON UNDERSIDE READS 'VISCOUNT INDUSTRIES LTD./ 104 EAST 69TH AVENUE/ VANCOUVER B.C. CANADA' & 'SERIAL NO. 857/ MADE IN CANADA'/ RED & BLACK DECAL READING 'MICROTEL VTX202'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- WHITE & BLACK CASING/ BLACK KEYS/.TAN COLOURED CABLE
- Decoration
- N/A
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Microtel, Keyboard, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1985.0378, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0378.002/
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