Disk, storage

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OBJECT TYPE: floppy/8 in/single sided
DATE: 1977
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1992.1241.003

MANUFACTURER: Unknown
MODEL: Parts Lists 1 Backup
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Synthetic disk with paper labels

Dimensions

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

Length: 20.3 cm
Width: 20.3 cm
Height: N/A
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: Unknown
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

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: Unknown
Technical: 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: Unknown

Details

Markings: On the manufacturer's label: "wabash [R]/ Hard Sector 32 + 1 (ID)/ Single Side/ Double Density Tested/ Uninitialized/ 48TPI/77 Tracks/ Reorder Number: F33A/ 1D"/ On the handwritten label: "Parts Lists 1 Backup"
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Black disk with grey, white and black manufacturer's label and a white label with blue ink handwriting.
Decoration: N/A

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Unknown Manufacturer, Disk, storage, 1977, Artifact no. 1992.1241, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1992.1241.003/

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