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- OBJECT TYPE
- SUPERMINI/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/DISK
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0266.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Prime Computer Inc.
- MODEL
- 2250 M
- LOCATION
- Bedford, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- FN010749
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANELS, CONTROL BUTTONS, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 82.0 cm
- Width
- 52.2 cm
- Height
- 74.5 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
- Prime
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Bedford
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1984-1989
- Canada
-
DONOR, CANADIAN ENGINEERING FIRM ADJELEIAN ALLEN RUBELI LTD. OF OTTAWA & TORONTO,USED THIS EQUIPMENT IN DESIGN OF MANY OFFICE BUILDINGS IN DOWNTOWN OTTAWA. PURCHASED IN 1984 FOR $150,000, IT WAS ALSO USED TO DESIGN STRUCTURAL & MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF TORONTO SKYDOME. - Function
-
PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES COMPUTER DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS IN BUILDING PROJECTS IT WAS CONTRACTED TO DESIGN. - Technical
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PRIME WAS ONE OF MOST SOPHISTICATED MINICOMPUTERS OF PERIOD. WHERE DEC VAX DISPLACED LARGE MAINFRAME COMPUTERS LIKE IBM 370, PRIME TOOK FURTHER STEP BY ADOPTING EVEN HIGHER LEVEL OF LSI & FASTER CHIPS IN ABOUT 1/4 VOLUME. 2250 WAS CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE IN TECHNOLOGY BUT COST ABOUT 50% MORE THAN VAX. ULTIMATELY PRIME COULD NOT COMPETE WITH LARGER FIRMS & PCS. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METALLIC LABEL ON BACK READS "PRIME COMPUTER INC./ MODEL NO. 2250 M/ SERIAL NO. FN010749/ VAC. 120 Hz 60 A/S/ MADE. IN U.S.A./ LABELS ON FRONT & BACK RESPECTIVELY READ "Prime/ System I.D. Number 4382-0349/ Product Type 2250" (WITH SERVICE INFO.) & "PRIME COMPUTER/ SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION NO./ IN010749"/ TYPED ON DATA CARTRIDGE READS "PRIME COMPUTER INC./ FRAMINGTON, MA. 01701/ TAPE: 1 OF 1 REV: 192.4/ DESCRIPTION: M***BT,M***U1/ (X) CARTRIDGE TAPE (SINGLE DENSITY) WITH METALLIC LABEL READING "Scotch DC 300XL data cartridge extra length certified"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN TOP & FRONT PANELS/ SYNTHETIC PANEL FOR CONTROLS WITH WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ ORANGE SYNTHETIC CONTROL BUTTONS/ RED LAMP/ PLATED LOCK
- Decoration
- INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON BEIGE PLATES ON FRONT READS "PRIME"
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