General Information

Serial #

175

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL TAPE DRIVE CASING, SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

83.5 cm

Width

59.4 cm

Height

178.5 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

Gerber

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Hartford

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1980-1990

Canada

AMERICAN MADE TECHNOLOGY USED BY CANADIAN FIRM,NORTHWAY HAPPING TECHNOLOGY OF TORONTO, IN GENERATION OF COMPUTERIZED MAPS OF CANADA. IN 1990 SYSTEM WAS PURCHASED BY GENTIAN ELECTRONICS IN ORDER TO REFURBISH & USE IT BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR.

Function

THE COMPUTERIZED CONTROL UNIT FOR A DRUM PLOTTER USED TO PRODUCE MAPS FROM DIGITIZED DATA. THE MINI COMPUTER ACCEPTS DATA FROM THE MAGNETIC DRIVE & PROCESSES IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARAMETERS ENTERED BY THE OPERATOR OR INCLUDED IN THE DATA. THE DATA IS OUTPUT BY THE PLOTTER IN THE FORM OF GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS.

Technical

CONTROL UNIT FOR DRUM PLOTTER DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERING DRAFTING BUT ALSO SUITABLE FOR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. INTEGRAL HP-1000 MINI COMPUTER WAS STATE-OF-THE-ART MACHINE & WAS GOOD CHOICE FOR THE APPLICATION.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READS '[LOGO] MODEL 4300'/ PLATE ON BACK READS 'THE GERBER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO./ HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT/ MODEL 4300 SER., NO. 175'/ WHITE LETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL FOR CONTROLS & READING 'GERBER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO./ HARTFORD CONNECTICUT'/ WHITE & BLUELETTERING ON COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL READS 'HEWLETT-PACKARD/ HP 1000/ M SERIES COMPUTER'/ INTERIOR DECAL ON COMPUTER READS 'HEWLETT-PACKARD/ WARRANTY/ DATA SYSTEMS DIV. (22)/ SHIP. DATE 4-4-80' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'; PLATE READS '110 V/ 8A MAX./ 47.5-66Hz/ 625 WATTS MAX.'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED BACK PANEL/ LIGHT GREY & BLACK TEXTURED TAPE DRIVE CASING, 'SMOKED' SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER, & BLACK CONTROLS/ TEXTURED RED-BROWN PAINTED CONTROL PANEL, 'SMOKED' SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER, RED & BLACK CONTROLS/ TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED FRONT CASING & PANELS, METALLIC TRIM ON FRONT/ BUFF ENAMEL PAINTED COMPUTER CASING FRONT WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL

Decoration

METALLIC HEWLETT-PACKARD LOGO PLATE ON COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE GERBER LOGO ON TAPE DRIVE COVER