General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, CONTROLS, 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

46.1 cm

Width

27.0 cm

Height

22.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Dynalogic

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1982

Canada

PART OF COLLECTION OF MOCKUPS, FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS & MANUALS RELATING TO HYPERION COMPUTER, DONATEDBY C. MURRAY BELL, FOUNDER OF DYNALOGIC CORP. OF OTTAWA & DEVELOPER OF HYPERION. HYPERION WAS FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. PORTABLE COMPUTER, APPEARING YEAR AFTER 1ST PORTABLE, AMERICAN OSBORNE.

Function

PLASTIC MODEL OF COMPUTER, CONSISTING OF CASING WITH SCREEN ATTACHED & KEYBOARD, USED AS MODEL IN PHOTOGRAPHS FOR PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL & AS SPECIMEN OF COMPUTER AT PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING IT.

Technical

ACCORDING TO MR. BELL, THIS WAS FIRST HYPERION PLASTIC MODEL, SHOWN AT PRESS CONFERENCE AT DELTA HOTEL IN OTTAWA, SPRING, 1982. HYPERION APPEARED AFTER FIRST PORTABLE COMPUTER, OSBORNE, & HAD LARGER MEMORY LARGER, AMBER SCREEN; LARGER DISK DRIVE CAPACITY; MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEM. IT WAS MADE BETWEEN 1983 & 1985.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

NONE

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING, LIGHT GREY CONTROL & SCREEN PANEL, DISK DRIVE PORTALS; RED & GREY CONTROLS

Decoration

N/A