Telephone & terminal, computer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DESKTOP
- DATE
- 1984–1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1997.0861.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Telecom
- MODEL
- DISPLAYPHONE
- LOCATION
- Canada
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General Information
- Serial #
- PROTOTYPE
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL & SYNTHETIC COMPONENTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.5 cm
- Width
- 29.0 cm
- Height
- 23.2 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
- Northern Telecom
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS TYPE OF DISPLAYPHONE AVAILABLE C. 1982. THIS DISPLAYPHONE IS PROTOTYPE MODEL.
- Canada
-
BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH DEVELOPED THE CONCEPT OF THE DISPLAYPHONE FOR BELL CANADA; NORTHERN TELECOM SUBSEQUENTLY DESIGNED AND DEVELOPED THE DISPLAYPHONE PRODUCT. IN 1981 BELL CANADA CONDUCTED MARKET TRIAL CENTRED LARGELY IN TORONTO, OTTAWA & MONTREAL; NORTHERN TELECOM PROVIDED INTERNAL TRIAL FOR USERS IN USA & CANADA. - Function
-
COMBINES THE VOICE COMMUNICATION FUNCTION OF A TELEPHONE WITH THE DATA TRANSMISSION AND RECEPTION CAPABILITIES OF A COMPUTER TERMINAL - Technical
-
DISPLAYPHONE DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR LARGE BUSINESS, FOR USE WITH INET/ENVOY SERVICE (EMAIL). USERS COULD DIAL UNIT TO UNIT, OR TO A HOST COMPUTER. THIS EARLY VERSION PROTOTYPE FEATURES TELEPHONE HANDSET; SMALL VIDEO SCREEN FOR DISPLAYING MESSAGES & OTHER INFO.; HIDEAWAY KEYBOARD; AND BUILT-IN MODEM. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "Bell DISPLAYPHONE" printed on soft keyboard. All keys, controls, etc. labelled. Decal on base reads "nt [logo]/ northern/ telecom/ ALPHAGEOMETRIC DISPLAYPHONE/ Serial No. MD211/ Date [blank] Made in Canada". Paper card [formerly] in right side front panel reads "Dataforce/ C-0002784-01/ System No./ For service call/ 613-567-9791/ Contract No./ 1W4005/ Related circuit No./ [blank]/ Bell", in English & French.
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE.
- Finish
- PRIMARILY OFF-WHITE METAL AND MOULDED SYNTHETIC CASING; DARK GREY COLOURED KEYPAD BASE; GREY-TINTED SCREEN COVER.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Northern Telecom, Telephone & terminal, computer, circa 1984–1985, Artifact no. 1997.0861, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0861.001/
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