General Information

Serial #

621162-8

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL & SCREEN FRAME/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

53.0 cm

Width

48.2 cm

Height

45.5 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

Hitachi

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Tokyo

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1984-1987

Canada

JAPANESE MADE MONITOR USED IN CANADA, MARKETED BY CANADIAN FIRM AS PART OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM. IT REPRESENTS AN ATTEMPT BY A CANADIAN COMPANY TO ENTER THE CAD MARKET.

Function

MONITOR USED TO DISPLAY GRAPHICS PRODUCED BY A COMPUTER SYSTEM USED FOR COMPUTER-AIDED-GRAPHICS

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY CAD SYSTEM, PRODUCED AT A TIME WHEN THE FIELD WAS IN ITS BEGINNINGS. IT WAS ACQUIRED BY NMST AS A DRAFTING TOOL BUT, ACCORDING TO ITS USERS, DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING SOFTWARE LIMITED ITS USEFULNESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON BACK READS: 'MONITOR/ TYPE MM-3619AC-11-1/ RATING AC 120V 1 [PH]/ 50/60Hz 170W/ MFG. NO. 621162-8/ DATE OCT. 1983/ Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo Japan'/ INSTRUCTION DECAL READS IN PART 'HITACHI LTD., OMIKA WORKS 5-2-1 OMIKA-CHO/ HITACHI-SHI IBARECKI-KEN, JAPAN/ MADE IN JAPAN'/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK LETTERING ON SIDE READING 'N.M.C./ 24963'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CASING/ LIGHT GREY SYNTHETIC CASINGFRONT WITH 2 BLACK PANELS FOR CONTROLS & BLACK SCREEN FRAME/ PLATED, BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC CONTROLS

Decoration

N/A