General Information

Serial #

3970330039

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, PRINTER COVER, PARTS/ METAL PARTS;/ PAPER ROLL

Dimensions

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

Length

29.5 cm

Width

21.5 cm

Height

7.0 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

Texas Instruments

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Texas

City

Houston

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

EARLY 1980'S +

Canada

PART OF FIRST INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM ACQUIRED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA. ALSO KNOWN (IN CANADA) AS "ISS" (INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM),THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS USED FOR SURVEY WORK ON THE PRAIRIES, & ON MASSIVE QUEBEC HYDRO PROJECTS OF LATE 1970S-EARLY 1980S.

Function

COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE WITH KEYBOARD FOR ENTERING DATA INTO COMPUTER & PRINTER FOR OUTPUT OF DATA. TERMINAL COULD BE LINKED VIA EXTERNAL MODEM TO REMOTE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT OR INTERFACE DIRECTLY WITH LOCAL COMPUTER OR TERMINAL (REF. 2).

Technical

EXAMPLE OF EARLY 1980'S PORTABLE TERMINAL WITH KEYBOARD, THERMAL PRINTER, REMOTE & LOCAL INTERFACE CAPABILITIES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 WHITE LETTERING ON PRINTER COVER READING "[LOGO] TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ SILENT 700 Data Terminal"; LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "[LOGO] TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ HOUSTON TEXAS MADE IN U.S.A./ MODEL 703 DATA TERMINAL/ PART NO. 2310503-0001 SERIAL NO. 3970330039 TEMPLE, TEXAS/ VOLTS 20 VAC FREQ 60Hz AMPS 1.8 A WATTS 35 W"; LABEL ON SIDE READS "TELEPRINTER/ PART NO. TI MOD. 703/ PROJ. LASS II SER. NO. 301/ CONTRACT NO. EMR/ 06481/ [LOGO] Litton GUIDANCE & CONTROL SYSTEMS/ WoodlandHills, California 91364"/.2 WHITE LETTERING READING "TEXAS INSTRUMENTS/ ADAPTER MODEL/ AC 2310442-0001/ INPUT: 120 VAC, 60 HZ, 0.42 A/..." (CONT'D IN DECORATION)

Missing

.1 PART OF CASING ON UNDERSIDE (BATTERY COMPARTMENT?) HAS BEEN REPLACED BY SYNTHETIC ADHESIVE TAPE

Finish

.1 BUFF CASING, DARKER BUFF KEYS; GREY SWITCHES; SMOKED, PARTIALLY FROSTED PRINTER COVER; PLATED? PARTS; WHITE PAPER; GREEN ADHESIVE TAPE/.2 BLACK CASING & POWER CORD/.3 BEIGE WITH DARK BROWN INTERIOR, EDGING & STRAPS; GOLD PAINTED METAL; CHARCOAL GREY PADDING/ WHITE PAPER

Decoration

.3 BROWN SYNTHETIC TRIM/.2 MARKINGS CONT'D: "OUTPUT: 20 VAC 37 VA/ DIRECT PLUG-IN CLASS 2 TRNSF."