General Information

Serial #

BB446

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

49.0 cm

Width

29.0 cm

Height

19.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Development & maintenance equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Intel

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Clara

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1975+

Canada

COMPONENT OF AMERICAN-MADE MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY CANADIAN COMPANY MULTILEK, OF OTTAWA, POSSIBLY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS OR SOFTWARE. INTELLEC 4/40 MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEM (900228) PROVIDED FLEXIBLE, INEXPENSIVE, & SIMPLE METHOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF OEM (ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT MFR.) MICROCOMPUTER SYSTEMS.

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WHICH OPTICALLY READS DIGITAL INFORMATION FROM PUNCHED PAPER TAPE. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF A MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM & WAS USED TO LOAD PROGRAMS INTO MEMORY OF CPU, WHICH WAS THEN USED TO CONFIGURE MICROCHIPS (EPROMS)

Technical

INTEL'S OWN PAPER TAPE READER COULD BE USED INSTEAD OF TELETYPEASR-33 TELEPRINTER AS INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE FOR INTEL'S INTELLEC 4/40 MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM. PAPER TAPE READER TRANSFERS DATA AT ASYNCHRONOUS RATES IN EXCESS OF 200 CHARACTERS PER SECOND, MORE THAN 20 TIMES FASTER THAN TELETYPE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON BACK READS 'intel CORP./ 3065 BOWERS AVE./ SANTA CLARA/ CALIF. 95051/ S/N BB446 P/C MDS PTR/ 115 V 50-60 HZ/ SD 10/76 Made in U.S.A.'/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS 'intel(R)'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED CASING/ NAVY BLUE & BLACK PAINTED PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC/ BLACK POWER CORD

Decoration

N/A