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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/LAPTOP/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1990–1991
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0028.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Zeos International Ltd.
- MODEL
- NOTEBOOK 286/S99100-000
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 101682-1706
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, SCREEN, KEYS, PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 25.6 cm
- Height
- 7.7 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
- Zeos
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1990'S
- Canada
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PROF. MCKINNON, FRSC, IS PROFESSOR EMERITUS INPHILOSOPHY AT MCGILL UNIV. & USED THIS MACHINE UNTIL RECENTLY IN HIS OFFICE, AT HOME & WHEN TRAVELLING. IT WAS PRIMARILY USED FOR WORK PROCESSING BUT ALSO FOR E-MAIL. ZEOS WAS MINOR PLAYER IN THE NOTEBOOK FIELD & WAS TAKEN OVER BY MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC. (FOUNDED 1978). - Function
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PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE, INTEGRAL DISK DRIVE, DISPLAY SCREEN & KEYBOARD ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, WHILE TRAVELLING ETC. - Technical
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PC/AT COMPATIBLE MACHINE RUNNING 80C286 CHIP AT 12 OR 8 MHZ, WITH 1 MB OF RAM ON MOTHERBOARD, 2.5 INCH 20 MB HARD DRIVE. IT WAS ONE OF EARLY REPLACEMENT MACHINES TO PORTABLES LIKE OSBORNE & HYPERION BUT ONLY WEIGHED 6 OR 7 LBS. ZEOS WON PC MAGAZINE EDITOR'S CHOICE FOR THEIR 386 NOTEBOOK IN NOV. 1990. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK PLATE ON EXTERIOR WITH GREY LETTERING READING "ZEOS"; INTERIOR WHITE LETTERING READING "ZEOS NOTEBOOK 286"; LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "ZEOS Personal Computer/ model S99100-000/ DC 16V 1.5A/ Serial No. 101682-1706/ ZEOS INTERNATIONAL LTD./ 2EC2LAPL09800"; WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROLS & KEYS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE/ DONOR HAS ADDED TWO SCEWS TO RAISE KEYBOARD
- Finish
- BLACK CASING; DARK & LIGHT GRAY KEYS; TURQUOISE SCREEN
- Decoration
- N/A
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Zeos International Ltd., Computer, circa 1990–1991, Artifact no. 2001.0028, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0028.001/
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