Monitor, computer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- COLOUR
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0049.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Commodore Business Machines Inc.
- MODEL
- 1702
- LOCATION
- West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 15836185
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ GLASS SCREEN/ METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 40.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 36.0 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
- Commodore
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Pennsylvania
- City
- West Chester
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1983 +
- Canada
-
WHEN DONOR'S FAMILY BOUGHT COMMODORE 64 COMPUTER, MAINLY FOR GAMES & WORD PROCESSING, THEY BOUGHT MONITOR AS WELL; MANY PURCHASERS OPTED TO HOOK COMPUTER TO TELEVISION INSTEAD OF BUYING MONITOR. - Function
-
OUTPUT DEVICE FOR MICROCOMPUTER WHICH DISPLAYS DATA GENERATED BY COMPUTER ON SCREEN, IN THIS CASE USUALLY IN FORM OF GAMES OR WORD PROCESSING TEXT. - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1982, COMMODORE 64 WASFIRST PC WITH REASONABLE COMPUTING POWER TO COST LESS THAN $1000. IT BECAME MOST POPULAR HOME PC IN HISTORY DUE TO TECHNICAL MERIT& GOOD MARKETING. IT BEGAN TREND TO MULTIMEDIA PCS WITH ITS SYNTHESIZER CARD, COLOUR MONITOR, & INTEGRATED SOFTWARE IN ROM (PLUS 4, 1984). - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SILVER LETTERING ON FRONT READS "commodore"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "VIDEO MONITOR/ MODEL 1702"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ LABEL ON BACK READS "commodore/ MODEL NO. 1702/ AC 120V 60 Hz 0.85A" & "MANUFACTURED AT IWAI PLANT, COMMODORE BUSINESS MACHINES INC./ 1200 WILSON DRIVE, WEST CHESTER, PA 19380/ MANUFACTURED OCTOBER 1983/ SERIAL NO. 15836185/ MADE IN JAPAN"/ WHITE LETTERING ON BACK FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- LIGHT BROWN FRONT CASING WITH DARK BROWN SCREEN FRAME/ DARK BROWN BACK CASING/ GREY SCREEN/ YELLOW & WHITE INPUT JACKS ON FRONT, GREY POWER BUTTON/ BLACK & WHITE POWER CORD
- Decoration
- SILVER "COMMODORE" LOGO ON FRONT, SAME LOGO IN WHITE ON BACK LABEL
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