General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CABINETS, FRONT PANELS, CHASSIS & PARTS. SYNTHETIC TAPE DRIVE UNIT DOOR, COMPUTER CASING FRONTS, CONTROLS & PARTS. 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

112.0 cm

Width

87.0 cm

Height

178.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Medical Technology

Category

Radiology

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Data

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Southboro

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

THIS TYPE OF COMPUTER USEDC.1976 +. THIS COMPUTER PROBABLY USED C. 1976- C.1985.

Canada

USED WITH CT-SCANNER FOR INVESTIGATION & DIAGNOSIS OF A WIDE VARIETY OF BRAIN DISEASES. MINICOMPUTER CALCULATED THE ABSORPTION VALUES OF THE TISSUE SCANNED: THE PROCESSED PICTURE DATA WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO THE SYSTEM DISK STORE IN ANALOGUE FORM. MONTREAL NEURO INST WAS FIRST CANADIAN HOSPITAL TO INSTALL CT SCANNER.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, WITH A MAGNETIC DISK MEMORY, AND MAGNETIC TAPE UNIT.

Technical

ECLIPSE WAS PRODUCT OF ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MAKERS OF MINICOMPUTERS IN 1970S, MADE POSSIBLE BY DEVELOPMENT OF MICROCHIPS. ECLIPSE WAS DATA GEN'S 2ND MAJOR PRODUCT: GENERAL PURPOSE COMPUTER WITH VARIETY OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL & ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS. STANDARD 64K MEMORY EXPANDS TO 256K WITH MAP FEATURE (MEMORY ADDRESS PROGRAMME).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

METAL PLATE ON EACH CABINET & ON TAPE DRIVE DOOR READS IN BLACK " EMI SCANNER ". BLUE LETTERING ACROSS TOP FRONT OF EACH CABINET READS " DATA GENERAL ECLIPSE S/200 " & ON EACH COMPUTER CASING FRONT " ECLIPSE S/200 " & " DATA GENERAL ECLIPSE ". ALL CONTROLS, ETC. LABELLED. DECAL APPLIED TO UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF UNIT BACK READS: " EMI Hayes Midds, England/ Unit Computer Rack/ Serial No. H.118/ Mod Rec 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12/ Model TG 1246-D1301/A / Voltage 115 V 60 Hz/ Current 13A/ Made in United Kingdom"./ Various components, racks, etc. inside cabinet bear mfr, model designations, etc./ Mfrs include Tally Corp., Kent England; Tally Ltd., Ready Berkshire, England; EMI Hayes Middlesex, England; and Data General Corp., Southboro Ma, USA./ Data General plate includes following info.: " SWITCHED OUTLET RATING/ VOLTS 120 CYCLE 60/ AMPS 2 PHASE 1/ FUSE/ TYPE FB/ AMPS 15/ DEVICE RATING/ CYCLE 60 VOLTS 120/ PHASE 1 AMPS 10/ ECLIPSE (TM) 8459/ SERIAL NO. SO#3450-17-106/ PATENTS PENDING/ DATA GENERAL CORPORATION/ SOUTHBORO, MASSACHUSETTS 01772 ". Identical plate on second unit, save: " ... ECLIPSE (TM) 8461/ SERIAL NO. SO#7460-187-407 ".

Missing

UNKNOWN.

Finish

TEXTURED MEDIUM-BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED CABINETS; BUFF COLOURED PEBBLE-TEXTURED SIDE PANELS. TEXTURED DARK-BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT PANELS WITH BUFF EDGING. BUFF, BLACK & BLUE COMPUTER CASING FRONTS, WITH MEDIUM BLUE SWITCHES. " SMOKED " SYNTHETIC TAPE DRIVE DOOR. MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS. MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & METALLIC PARTS.

Decoration

N/A