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OBJECT TYPE: PROCESSING UNIT
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1999.0110.001

MANUFACTURER: Cromemco Inc.
MODEL: BLITZ BUS
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 6
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CAGE/ PHENOLIC CARDS WITH METAL CONNECTORS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 27.7 cm
Width: 19.0 cm
Height: 25.9 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: Cromemco
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: C. 1983+
Canada: AMERICAN MADE COMPONENTS ASSEMBLED IN CANADA FOR USE WITH NABU COMPUTERS. DONOR USED THIS ASSEMBLY WITH HIS NABU COMPUTER & CROMEMCO TU-ART INTERFACE (990111). NABU NETWORK WAS UNSUCCESSFUL 1980S CANADIAN INITIATIVE, ONE-WAY COMPUTER NETWORK INTENDED TOPROVIDE USERS WITH LOW COST ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE.
Function: INTEGRATED UNIT TO ALLOW FOR ADDITION OF SPECIALIZED CIRCUIT BOARDS TO PERFORM VARIETY OF TASKS RELATED TO INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS OF COMPUTER; DEPENDING ON COMPUTER, CAGE COULD BE MOUNTED INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF HOW FUNCTIONS OF SPECIALIZED CIRCUITS COULD BE COMBINED TO PROVIDE ADDED POWER TO MICRO OR MINICOMPUTER, CA 1978-1984.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON INTEGRAL BOARD READS ALONG ONE EDGE "Cromemco" WITH RAISED "BLITZ BUS MADE IN U.S.A." & COPYRIGHT INFO; WHITE "Blitz B?s" WITH BLACK "CROMEMCO" ON OTHER EDGE/ CONNECTOR ON YELLOW BOARD MARKED "Cromemco 4958/ 017-0020" & BOARD MARKED "CROMEMCO/ EXC-2"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: UNFINISHED CAGE/ 1 YELLOW, 4 GREEN CARDS WITH BLACK COMPONENTS / GREY CONNECTOR CABLES
Decoration: N/A

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Cromemco Inc., Card cage, circa 1983, Artifact no. 1999.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0110.001/

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