General Information

Serial #

LK00376

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING WITH METAL & SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL/ SYNTHETIC LIGHTS, SWITCHES, PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

48.5 cm

Width

44.7 cm

Height

14.6 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

Intel

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Clara

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1981+

Canada

AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT, USED BYOTTAWA COMPUTER COMPANY UNTIL IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPLOYEES WERE PERMITTED TO TAKE EQUIPMENT & ONE SUCH GAVE THIS COMPUTER TO DONOR WHILST BOTH WORKED AT GANDALF. LATTER USED IT FOR PERSONAL USE BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS FOR CLIENTS.

Function

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER, TO IMPORT SOFTWARE ON MAGNETIC DISK. SOFTWARE WAS THEN RUN BY CPU TO ANALYSE OPERATION OF SOFTWARE & HARDWARE. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF SYSTEM USED TO DEVELOP PC MOTHER BOARDS, ROM BIOS INSTRUCTION SETS, ETC., & GENERALLY BY COMPUTER COMPANIES TO TEST HARDWARE & SOFTWARE PRODUCTS.

Technical

PART OF SYSTEM WHICH IS EXAMPLE OF EARLY 1980S MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT. DIFFERENT MODULES COULD BE ATTACHED TO CPU TO EMULATE SPECIFIC INTEL MICROCHHIPS. COMPUTER COULD THEN EMULATE PC WITH THAT CHIP TO RUN SOFTWARE TO ANALYSE OPERATION OF HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, & ENABLE IMPROVEMENTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & SILVER LABEL ON BACK READS "intel corp./ 3065 BOWERS AVE./ SANTA CLARA/ CALIF. 95051/ S/N LK00376 MODEL iMDX 720A/ VOLTAGE 115 V/ FREQUENCY 60 HZ/ CURRENT 1.2 AMPS/ Made in U.S.A."/ WHITE "(C) Intel (R)" ON FRONT

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH BLACK TEXTURED FRONT PANEL & BLACK PAINTED BACK PANEL/ RED LIGHTS/ BLACK & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PARTS/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A