General Information

Serial #

9394

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CARRYING CASE, CASING, KEYS, CONTROLS, PARTS/ RUBBER TELEPHONE RECEIVER RECEPTACLES, FEET/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

43.0 cm

Width

41.3 cm

Height

18.5 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

Teleram

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980'S

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE COMPUTER USED BY CANADIAN JOURNALISTS, SPECIFICALLY AT SOUTHAM NEWS, MAJOR CANADIAN NEWS SERVICE. IT APPEARED IN SIGNIFICANT USAGE AT 1980 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION IN DETROIT, MICH. IT WAS REPLACED BY BATTERY OPERATED RADIO SHACK TANDY BECAUSE BATTERIES WERE EASIER TO OBTAIN IN OUT-OF-THE-WAY LOCATIONS.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS PROCESS, & DISPLAYS DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR USE BY JOURNALISTS WHO WOULD INPUT ARTICLES AS TEXT FOR LATER RETRIEVAL

Technical

PORTABLE MICROCOMPUTER SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR USE BY JOURNALISTS, BEING LIGHT ENOUGH TO CARRY & SMALL ENOUGH TO FIT UNDER AIRPLANE SEAT, & HAVING MODEM LONG DISTANCE DATA TRANSMISSION. BATTERY POWERED, IT WASANCESTOR OF 1990'S LAPTOP COMPUTERS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & WHITE LETTERING ON SCREEN MODEM CASING READS 'TELERAM portabubble (R)/81'/ LABEL ON CASING EXTERIOR READS: 'TELERAM/ COMMUNICATIONS/ CORPORATION/ MADE IN U.S.A.' & 'V 115/ Hz 60/ W 60/ SER. NO. 9394/ MODEL P-81'/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS/ WHITE APPLIQUE LETTERING ON CASING READING 'phillpotts'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED DARK GREY EXTERIOR CASING/ TEXTURED BUFF INTERIOR CASING/ BLACK KEYBOARD & SCREEN & MODEM COVER/ BLACK, RED, & WHITE KEYS/ BLACK CONTROLS, RECEIVER RECEPTACLES, FEET, HANDLE/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A