General Information

Serial #

X832-014854

Part Number

1

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

FERROUS METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC DISC UNIT & CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

72.0 cm

Width

51.0 cm

Height

76.0 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

Xerox

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Carrollton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980-1990

Canada

THE DONOR IS A NOTED CANADIAN NOVELIST & NOMINEE FOR THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S AWARD IN FICTION. HE BELIEVES HE WAS THE FIRST WRITER IN CANADA TO USE A WORD PROCESSOR./ ALTHOUGH COMPUTER RESEARCHERS IN CANADA HAD BEEN WORKING ON PROBLEMS SIMILAR TO XEROX'S GRAPHICAL MODE, NO CANADIAN PRODUCTS FOR WORD PROCESSING OR HOME USE WERE SOLD IN THIS PERIOD THAT SUPPLIED SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA. IT IS A SPECIALIZED COMPUTER SYSTEM WHICH ENABLES THE USER TO CREATE, STORE, REVISE, & OUTPUT TEXT (OFTEN IN THE FORM OF A PRINTED DOCUMENT).

Technical

THE CONCEPT & SOFTWARE FOR THE XEROX 850 WERE DEVELOPED IN THE EARLY 1970'S & THE 850 WAS INTRODUCED IN 1977. IT HAS A POINTING TABLET TO MOVE THE CURSOR ABOUT THE SCREEN TO PERFORM FUNCTIONS PREVIOUSLY INSTIGATED BY ENTERING INSTRUCTIONS VIA CODE, BIT MAPPED GRAPHICS, & ICONS TO PERMIT EXECUTION OF COMMANDS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INSET BROWN SYNTHETIC STRIP READING IN BEIGE 'XEROX' & IN BLACK '850'; 3 PLATES UNDER CASING TOP READ 'XEROX [PATENT INFO.]/ CARROLLTON, TEXAS MADE IN USA/ 850-21/ PRODUCT CODE X832A', 'XEROX/ SER # X832-014854', & 'XEROX/ BLOCK # 01 MODEL # A'

Missing

NONE APPARENT

Finish

TEXTURED OFF-WHITE PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN PAINTED FRONT & BACK PANELS; BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS & CABLES; BLACK PAINTED PARTS; RED SYNTHETIC LIGHTS

Decoration

N/A