General Information

Serial #

2008A02841

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS; METAL PARTS; GLASS SCREEN

Dimensions

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

Length

45.3 cm

Width

41.8 cm

Height

15.5 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

Hewlett Packard

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

EARLY 1980'S +

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED BY NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING, PROCESSING & DISPLAYING DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED IN AUDIOVISUAL LABORATORY.

Technical

FIRST MEMBER OF HEWLETT-PACKARD'S 80 SERIES OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS FOR SCIENCE & ENGINEERING. INTRODUCED IN 1980, HP-85 WAS MARKETED AS ENABLING USER TO PERFORM CALCULATIONS & TEXT EDITING, COMPOSE & EXECUTE PROGRAMS IN BASIC, STORE PROGRAMS & DATA ON MAGNETIC TAPE, CREATE GRAPHICS & PRINT. THIS MODEL WAS PRESENTED AS NEW PRODUCT IN 1981 H-P CATALOGUE, & ALSO APPEARED IN 1982 & 1983 CATALOGUES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON FRONT READS "hp [LOGO] HEWLETT-PACKARD 85"; LABELS ON BACK READ "SERIAL NO./ 2008A02841/ HEWLETT-PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A."; NFB/ A-39500/ ONF", "1987"; WHITE LETTERING ON BACK READS IN PART "INPUT/ 115/230 V AC/ 50/60 Hz/ 40 W" & "HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. MADE IN U.S.A."

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH BROWN FRONT PANEL; BROWN, BUFF & ORANGE KEYS; GREY SCREEN; BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS

Decoration

N/A