General Information

Serial #

WF00629042

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, WORKING PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ PLASTIC SLEEVE ATTACHED TO SINISTER SIDE

Dimensions

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

Length

52.5 cm

Width

44.1 cm

Height

68.5 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

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1990S

Canada

SERVER USEDBY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY IN 1990S FOR FILE & PRINT SERVICES, FOR ITS INTERNAL NETWORK OF SHARED DRIVES, & AS BACKUP. FOUR OF MUSEUM'S SITES HAD LANS BASED ON MICROVAX 3100'S, WHICH WERE CONNECTED TO CENTRAL SERVER 3800 LOCATED IN ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION.

Function

SERVER IS COMPUTER THAT IS CONNECTED TO NETWORK & PROVIDES SERVICES, SUCH AS PRINTING OR FILE STORAGE & RETRIEVAL, IN RESPONSE TO REQUESTS FROM COMPUTERS (KNOWN AS CLIENTS) CONNECTED TO NETWORK. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED AS FILE & PRINT SERVER, & AS BACKUP TO PRIMARY COMPUTER.

Technical

IN 1987 DEC INTRODUCED FIRST OF THIS SERIES, MICROVAX 3500/3600, USING DEC'S NEW CVAX MICROPROCESSOR. IN 1989 MICROVAX 3800/3900 APPEARED, LAST & MOST POWERFUL OF FAMILY, WITH FASTER CVAX+ CHIP & TWICE AMOUNT OF MEMORY (64 MB) AS 3500. DEC MARKETED 3800 AS SUPERMICRO FOR DISTRIBUTED, I/O-ORIENTED TECHNICAL OR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

RED LETTERING ON SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READS "MicroVAX 3800"/ INCISED LETTERING ON SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READS "digital"/ PRINTED LABEL ON BASE AT BACK READS "digital Model 655QS-B2/ SN WF00629042/ V 100-120 Hz 50-60 Made in U.S.A./ A 10.2 W 670 Fabrique aux Etats Unis" & "Series BA213)/ WHITE LETTERING ON TAPE DRIVE CASING READING "TK-70" & WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ PAPER LABEL ATTACHED TO TOP READS "NODE NAME: ST1825"/ TYPED LABEL ON TAPE DRIVE READS "TESTPOINT/ 1-613-829-0203"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING/ BUFF TAPE DRIVE CONTROL BUTTONS/ 'SMOKED' SYNTHETIC TAPE DRIVE COVER/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PLASTIC SLEEVE

Decoration

ORANGE STRIPE ON TAPE DRIVE COVER