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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1978
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0236.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Mini-Peripherals Inc.
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING, PARTS; SYNTHETIC CASING FRONT, SWITCHES, PARTS/ RUBBER FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.3 cm
- Width
- 42.0 cm
- Height
- 15.3 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Mini Peripherals
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1978-1982
- Canada
-
A COMPUTER SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY A CANADIAN, DR. MCKAY OF OTTAWA, & SOLD BY HIS COMPANY MINI-PERIPHERALS INC. IT WAS USED BY A SMALL CANADIAN COMPUTER SOFTWARE WRITING FIRM OPERATED BY THE GURNEYS, WHO WROTE SOFTWARE UNDER CONTRACT. THEY CEASED USING THIS SYSTEM BECAUSE ITS MEMORY & PROGRAMMING WERE INADEQUATE FOR HANDLING LARGE JOBS. - Function
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A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA. IT CONTAINS MICROPROCESSOR & WAS USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS PURPOSES. THE SYSTEM INCLUDES A DISK DRIVE MEMORY DEVICE, A KEYBOARD & MONITOR FOR DATA INPUT & OUTPUT. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY A SMALL BUSINESS. - Technical
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AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FIRST PC'S TO BOOT UP USING AN 8080 MICROPROCESSOR. THIS LATER VERSION OF MINI-PERIPHERAL'S PRODUCT USED A CHIP TO LOAD ITS OPERATING SYSTEM, RATHER THAN PROGRAMMING IT MANUALLY BY MEANS OF SWITCHES. IT HAD 18K RAM. A MAJOR PROBLEM WAS THAT THERE WAS A LIMIT TO THE SIZE OF FILE THAT COULD BE OPENED. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS 'MINI-PERIPHERALS', WITH MFR'S LOGO
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED CASING; GLOSSY BLACK SYNTHETIC CASING FRONT; BLACK PAINTED CHASSIS; SILVER, BLACK, RED & GREY SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Mini-Peripherals Inc., Computer, circa 1978, Artifact no. 1990.0236, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1990.0236.001/
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