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OBJECT TYPE: FLOPPY/5.25 IN./DUAL
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0234.001

MANUFACTURER: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
MODEL: CBM 8250
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: MU001442
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASING & CHASSIS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE ACCESSES & PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length: 38.5 cm
Width: 38.2 cm
Height: 18.0 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: Commodore
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1982+
Canada: AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY A SMALL CANADIAN COMPUTER SOFTWARE WRITING FIRM OPERATED BY THE GURNEYS. THEY USED THIS MACHINE WITH A SUPERPET COMPUTER (900233) TO DESIGN COMPUTER ASSISTEDLEARNING PROGRAMMES UNDER CONTRACT TO THE ONTARIO DEPT. OF EDUCATION C.1985.
Function: AN AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY AND/OR LONG TERM STORAGE OF DATA OR PROGRAMS ON MAGNETIC DISK.
Technical: AN EXAMPLE OF A PERIPHERAL MEMORY DEVICE FOR A MICROCOMPUTER, WHICH CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO 5.25 IN. FLOPPY DISKS
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: DECAL ON BACK WITH MFR'S LOGO & READING 'commodore/ MODEL NO./ DUAL FLOPPY 8250M/ 117V 0.5A 60Hz/ SERIAL NO. MU001442/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ WHITE LETTERING ON TEXTURED BLACK SYNTHETIC BAND ACROSS FRONT WITH MFR'S LOGO & READING 'Commodore CBM dual drive/ Model 8250 floppy disk'/ WHITE LETTERING LABELLING DRIVES
Missing: N/A
Finish: TEXTURED BEIGE PAINTED CASING/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CHASSIS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC DISK ACCESSES/ BLACK FEET/ GRAY & BLACK POWER CORDS
Decoration: N/A

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Commodore Business Machines Inc., Drive, disk, 1982, Artifact no. 1990.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0234.001/

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