General Information

Serial #

B023

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

COMPUTER - SYNTHETIC CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS; GLASS SCREEN; METAL PARTS; KEYBOARD - SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL BASE, SYNTHETIC KEYS, CORD COVERING, PARTS, METAL PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

46.3 cm

Width

28.5 cm

Height

22.4 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

Dynalogic

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1983 +

Canada

FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. PORTABLE PC. MR. LAURSENWORKED FOR COMTERM IN MONTREAL & BECAME VP ENGINEERING OF BYTEC-COMTERM WHEN THEY AMALGAMATED IN 1983, UNTIL OPERATION WAS SHUT DOWN. DYNALOGIC INFO-TECH WAS DEVELOPER OF HYPERION COMPUTER & HAD BECOME DIVISION OF BYTEC IN 1982. MR. LAURSEN HAD MODEL 3032 FOR WORK & MODEL 3052 FOR TESTING (REF. 2).

Function

PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE & KEYBOARD STORAGE BAY, & ACCOMPANYING CARRYING CASE ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES WHILE TRAVELLING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED BY DONOR, WHO WORKED FOR COMPANY WHICH DESIGNED & MADE COMPUTER, FOR TEST PURPOSES.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF LAST MODEL OF HYPERION COMPUTER, MODEL 3052. ONLY COUPLE OF HUNDRED WERE MADE & 3052 WAS 100% IBM PC COMPATIBLE. IT WAS LAST DITCH ATTEMPT TO FEND OFF COMPETITION FORM IBM PCS, & IT INCORPORATED CHIPS & USED SOFTWARE TO EMULATE IBM PCS AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE (REF. 2).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

COMPUTER - LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS IN PART "Dynalogic Info-Tech/ Corporation/ Ottawa, Canada/ Model Number:/ 3052/ Serial Number: B023/ Date Code: December 1983" & "120 VAC 60 HZ.75 A 90 W"/ INDENTED "Hyperion/ pc" ON CASING FRONT; KEYBOARD - RAISED "Hyperion" ON TOP, BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS; HANDWRITTEN LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "49803".

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

COMPUTER - TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH GREY FRAME FOR SCREEN, YELLOW BUTTON; KEYBOARD - TEXTURED BUFF CASING & CORD, BUFF & GREY KEYS.

Decoration

N/A