Block, termination
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- OBJECT TYPE
- 4 GANGED/WIRE WRAP
- DATE
- 1968
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0211.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment Corp.
- MODEL
- 172-144-PCC
- LOCATION
- Maynard, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC BASE, WIRE COATINGS/ METAL PINS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 13.2 cm
- Height
- 4.8 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
- Digital
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Maynard
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- C.1968+
- Canada
-
A PART FOR AN AMERICAN MADE PDP-8 COMPUTER, WHICH WAS PART OF A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM DEVELOPED BY THE NFB IN 1968 TO AUTOMATICALLY CONTROL YXZ POSITIONING MECHANISMS ON 4 ANIMATION STANDS. THE LATTER WERE USED TO POSITION THE ARTWORK FOR THE FILMING PROCESS,MOVING IT SLIGHTLY FOR EACH FRAME. SYSTEM WON CANADIAN FILM AWARD FOR TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION. - Function
-
A COMPONENT OF A COMPUTER USED IN FORMING CONNECTIONS: THE PIN-ENDS OF A SERIES OF CIRCUIT BOARDS ARE MOUNTED IN THE BLOCK, MAKING CONTACT WITH THE EXTERNAL PINS OF THE BLOCK TO WHICH WIRE WRAP CONNECTIONS HAVE BEEN MADE. - Technical
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THIS CONNECTOR BLOCK ILLUSTRATES THE TECHNIQUE OF WIREWRAP CONNECTIONS IN WHICH CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH A SPECIAL TOOL WHICH FITTED OVER THE PINS AS THE WIRE WAS WRAPPED. THIS BLOCK WAS USED WITH RATHER COARSE WIRE (20 GAUGE) RATHER THAN THE FINER WIRE (20-24 GAUGE) USED LATER WITH INTEGRATED CIRCUITS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE RAISED LETTERING ON EACH BLOCK READING 'DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. 1712-144-PCC' & LETTERS 'A B C D E F H J K L M N P R S T U V' ALONG EACH ROW OF PINS
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK BASE/ YELLOW, WHITE, & RED WIRE COVERING/ METALLIC PINS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Digital Equipment Corp., Block, termination, circa 1968, Artifact no. 1993.0211, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0211.001/
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