General Information

Serial #

32597

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL STAND, CONTROL PANEL, & PRINTER PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PRINTER CASING, PAPER PROTECTOR, CONTROL KNOBS, POWER CORD

Dimensions

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

Length

69.7 cm

Width

54.5 cm

Height

84.0 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

PRINTER FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM 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

COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE THAT PRINTS PROCESSED COMPUTER DATA OR PROGRAMMING AS NUMBERS & LETTERS ON PAPER.

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.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON FRONT READS "digital decprinter I"/ LABEL ON BACK READS "digital MODEL: LA180-PA/ 115 VOLT/ 60 Hz 1 PH 3.0 AMP/3 WIRE" & "SER. NO./ PN 32597"/ HANDWRITTEN LABEL READING "LPA0"/ LABELS READING "N.M.C./M.N.C./ NO. 81262" & "NMSTC/SMNST/ 007655"

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED STAND/ TEXTURED BUFF PRINTER CASING WITH COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PAPER PROTECTOR/ GREY PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH BLACK KNOBS/ BLACK PAINTED, PLATED, & METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK SYNTHETIC PARTS & POWER CORD

Decoration

N/A