General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, CONTROLS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

30.6 cm

Width

19.2 cm

Height

14.5 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

Galarneau

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Hull

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1984

Canada

PART OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION DEVELOPED BY ROLAND GALARNEAU OF HULL, PQ. GALARNEAU, WHO WAS VISUALLY IMPAIRED FROM BIRTH, FOUNDED NON-PROFIT CORPORATION CONVERTO-BRAILLE CYPIHOT-GALARNEAU SERVICES IN 1970. SCBCG USED EQUIPMENT GALARNEAU DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE BRAILLE BOOKS

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. THIS HOME BUILT EXAMPLE WAS USED TO CONVERT ALPHA-NUMERIC LANGUAGE TO BRAILLE, WHICH COULD THEN BE OUTPUT BY A SPECIALIZED BRAILLE PRINTER

Technical

GALARNEAU'S SYSTEM SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED PRODUCTION OF BRAILLE TEXTS; PRIOR TO THIS BRAILLE HAD TO BEMECHANICALLY EMBOSSED BY OPERATOR. THIS ONE-OF-A-KIND CPU REPLAED GALARNEAU'S ORIGINAL RELAY COMPUTER DEVELOPED C.1970 & WAS USED ONLY BY HIS COMPANY. IN 1989 IT WAS REPLACED BY SOFTWARE UPDATED & ADAPTED FOR USE ON PCS BY GALARNEAU'S SON JEAN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BLACK & RED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC & PLATED PARTS/ BUFF POWER CORD/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A