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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/56-64K
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1992.1241.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dynalogic Corp. of Canada
- MODEL
- 7042A
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 7783067
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 7
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 1.0 cm
- Width
- 41.3 cm
- Height
- 28.6 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
- Dynalogic
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1977-C.1984
- Canada
-
AN EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. IT WAS USED BY VALERA ELECTRONICS OF OTTAWA TO PROGRAM NRC EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS, UNDER LICENSE TO MRC. LATER IT WAS USEDIN AN OFFICE FOR GENERAL ACCOUNTING. DONOR PURCHASED IT WITH THE INTENTION OF CONTROLLING MODEL RAILROAD SWITCHES. - Function
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A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE CONTAINING A MICROPROCESSOR WHICH ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, USED BY AN INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO PROGRAM EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS, & LATER FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING. - Technical
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REPRESENTS A CANADIAN ATTEMPT TO MARKET A MICROCOMPUTER USING AN ADVANCED ICU CHIP. USED TO DO PROGRAMMING UNDER LICENSE & LATER FOR OFFICE ACCOUNTING, IT WAS REPLACED BY AN IBM XT COMPUTER/ DYNALOGIC WAS AN OTTAWA FIRM BEGUN IN 1973 (REF.2) - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- STICKER ON BACK READS: 'Dynalogic Corporation Limited/ Ottawa Canada/ Model No. 7042a/-Serial No. 7783067/ 115 Volts 3.5 Amps 60 Hz/ Made in Canada/ WHITE 'Dynalogic Corporation Limited' ON FRONT, ALSO WHITE LOGO CONSISTING OF 'd' & 'Dynalogic'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT, BLACK ON BACK
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE/ LACKS KEYBOARD & MONITOR
- Finish
- BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING BACK & FRONT, WITH TEXTURED GREY SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE HOUSINGS/ BEIGE PAINTED CASING SIDES/ RED, WHITE, & BLACK CONTROL SWITCHES & KNOBS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dynalogic Corp. of Canada, Computer, 1977, Artifact no. 1992.1241, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1241.001/
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