General Information

Serial #

CX02610

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

83.8 cm

Width

55.0 cm

Height

100.0 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

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Maynard

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1981 TO NOVEMBER 1996

Canada

AUXILIARY STORAGE FOR COMPUTERSYSTEM USED BY NMST FOR 15 YEARS, SUCCEEDING PDP-11/34A USED FROM 1978. VAX SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN COMPUTER EXHIBIT & OPERATED GAMES ETC. THEREIN. SYSTEM ALSO SUPPORTED ALL ADMINISTRATIVE & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. LATTER INITIALLY OPERATED OFF DATATRIEVE SOFTWARE BUT LATER IN-HOUSE "COLLECTION MANAGER" SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COLLECTION DATA TO INTERNAL USERS.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED FOR LARGE QUANTITY OR LONG TERM STORAGE ON MAGNETIC DISK.

Technical

VAX 11 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1978 AS SUCCESSOR TO DEC'S VERY SUCCESSFUL PDP-11. ITS 32-BIT ARCHITECTURE & OTHER FEATURES MADE IT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL./ IN LATE 1960S FASTER, DIRECT ACCESS DISK DRIVES BEGAN SUPPLANTING TAPE DRIVES AS AUXILIARY STORAGE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

ON FRONT INCISED "digital" & BLACK "RM80"/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "DRA0"/ LABELS ON BACK READ "digital MODEL RM80-AA/ 120 V 7.5 A 1 PH/ 60 Hz 750 W 2+G WIRE SN: CX02610" & "digital MODEL SV-BXWAA-AA/ SN: KA82000376C" (FOR SYSTEM)

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED UPPER CASING, WITH DARK GREY FRONT DOOR & BACK PANEL/ RED, YELLOW, & WHITE CONTROL BUTTONS

Decoration

N/A