Disk, storage

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OBJECT TYPE: FLOPPY/5.25 INCH
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1990.0234.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: 440
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic diskette with paper label

Dimensions

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

Length: 13.3 cm
Width: 13.3 cm
Height: N/A
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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
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: Unknown
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: On the labels on the proper front: "AXIOM 440/ Double sided/ Double density/ Soft sectored/ 48 TPI/ Double face/ Double densité/ Secteurs programmés/ 48 TPI"/ Handwritten on label: "11/MARCH/87/ 1280 KB DCHECKED"/
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black diskette with a white labels with black and blue markings. There is also a white label with red markings that is mostly obscured.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Disk, storage, circa 1982, Artifact no. 1990.0234, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0234.003/

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