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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLOPPY/8 IN./SINGLE
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1986.0156.005
- MANUFACTURER
- Shugart Associates
- MODEL
- 801
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 62308
- Part Number
- 5
- Total Parts
- 9
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Top half of the main body is synthetic, and the bottom half is metal. Synthetic and metal electronic and mechanical components. Synthetic and metal cable. Labels (most likely paper) attached to back and side with adhesive.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 48.5 cm
- Width
- 32.5 cm
- Height
- 15.5 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
- Shugart
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE, USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- INTERIOR LABEL READS "SHUGART ASSOCIATES/ MODEL 801/ VOLTS 115 FREQ. 60 Hz/ SERIAL NO. 62308/ MADE IN U.S.A."
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Top half of main body is beige with a textured finish and the bottom half is brown with a textured finish. Disk drive components on the front are matte black and smooth, with some being metallic grey/silver with a bare metal finish. Cable is matte black with a textured finish and has gold-coloured pins.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Shugart Associates, Drive, disk, circa 1977, Artifact no. 1986.0156, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1986.0156.005/
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