General Information

Serial #

2101A15950

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC DISK DRIVE PORTALS, CONTROLS, PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

42.5 cm

Width

37.5 cm

Height

11.6 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

Hewlett Packard

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1982 +

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

AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR LARGE-QUANTITY AND/OR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF DATA OR PROGRAMS ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF INERTIAL SURVEYING SYSTEM USED TO COMPUTE THE GEODETIC COORDINATES & ELEVATION OF GIVEN POINT.

Technical

1980'S DISK DRIVE MARKETED BY HEWLETT-PACKARD AS ENTRY-LEVEL MACHINE FOR APPLICATIONS REQUIRING LOW-COST, RELIABLE, ON-LINE ACCESS. IT WAS INTENDED FOR SMALL BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS VISI-CALC, GRAPHICS PRESENTATION, FILE MANAGER OR WORD PROCESSING. IT APPEARS IN HP CATALOGUES FROM 1981-1985.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READS "hp" [LOGO] & "82901M FLEXIBLE DISC DRIVE/ HEWLETT-PACKARD"/ BLACK LETTERING ON BACK READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. MADE IN U.S.A."/ WHITE LABELS ON BACK READS "SERIAL NO./ 2101A15950/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A." & "019554"/ GREY & BROWN LABEL ON TOP READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD/ RETURN TO HP WARRANTY/ GREELEY DIVISION 58/ 90 DAY WARRANTY BEGINS ON DATE OF / HP SHIPMENT 22OCT82/ (CALL HP FOR SHIPPING INFO)/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK "ASSET 00069" ON TOP

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN FRONT PANEL/ TEXTURED BLACK DISK DRIVE PORTALS/ BROWN PARTS/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A