General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ PAPER TAPES

Dimensions

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

Length

37.5 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

25.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

BAI

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Pennsylvania

City

Wyncote

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

ADRES EQUIPMENT WAS INTRODUCED CA. 1980 & USED INTO MID 1990'S.

Canada

PART OF A CANADIAN DEVELOPED SYSTEMUSED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME. THE ADRES WAS A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROCESSING & ANALYSING INPUT METEOROLOGICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM RADIOSONDES & PRODUCING ENCODED MESSAGES FOR TRANSMISSION.

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE USED TO READ & PUNCH PAPER TAPE. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO READ IN CALIBRATION DATA & DIAGNOSTIC TAPES, & TO PUNCH TAPES OF CODED AEROLOGICAL DATA OBTAINED VIA A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1970'S, THE ADRES REPLACED THE ELECTRO- MECHANICAL SYSTEM OF DATA REDUCTION PREVIOUSLY USED WITH THE GMD, A SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE MANUAL CALCULATION. IN THE MID 1990'S, THE ADRES WAS REPLACED BY A SINGLE MINI-COMPUTER & APPROPRIATE SOFTWARE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'BAI DATA PRODUCTS/ MODEL 1230' & 'READER-PUNCH DATA TERMINAL', & ON BACK 'MODEL 1230 TAPE READER-PUNCH TERMINAL' & 'BAI DATA PRODUCTS DIVISION/ A BOWER ASSOCIATES COMPANY/ WYNCOTE, PA. 19695 USA'/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT

Missing

N/A

Finish

BEIGE ENAMEL PAINTED CASING WITH PLATED & BRUSHED METAL PARTS/ BRUSHED METAL CONTROL PANELS ON FRONT & BACK/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A