General Information

Serial #

CX02610

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

91.5 cm

Width

54.1 cm

Height

106.2 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

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

CIRCA 1982 TO NOVEMBER 1996

Canada

AUXILIARY STORAGE FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY NMST FOR 15 YEARS, SUCCEEDINGPDP-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 AND/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

INCISED "digital" & BLACK "RA81" ON FRONT/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "DUA0"/ DAMAGED LABEL ON BACK READS IN PART "MODEL: RA81-CA/ SN: CX01087"

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING WITH DARK GREY SIDES, BUFF SECTIONS/ RED, YELLOW, & WHITE CONTROL BUTTONS

Decoration

N/A