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- OBJECT TYPE
- STAND ALONE/MICRO/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1994.0085.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Xerox Corp.
- MODEL
- XEROX 850
- LOCATION
- Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
More Information
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
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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
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Xerox Corp., Word processor, 1980, Artifact no. 1994.0085, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1994.0085.001/
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