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- OBJECT TYPE
- FLOPPY/3.5 INCH/400K
- DATE
- 1985
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0329.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Apple Computer Inc.
- MODEL
- M0130
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- Y4303ENM0130
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.3 cm
- Width
- 13.7 cm
- Height
- 7.6 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
- Apple
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- MID 1980S +
- Canada
-
JAPANESE MADE COMPUTER PERIPHERAL ALSO MARKETED & USED IN CANADA FOR USE WITH MACINTOSH COMPUTER. INTRODUCED IN 1984, MACINTOSH WAS APPLE COMPUTER'S 2ND VERY SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT. BASED ON MOTOROLA'S 68000 MICROPROCESSOR, IT WAS 1ST PC TO USE OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE & MOUSE TO CONTROL CURSOR POSITION. - Function
-
AUXILIARY DATA STORAGE DEVICE USED WITH PERSONAL COMPUTER FOR LARGE-QUANTITY AND/OR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF DATA & PROGRAMS ON MAGNETIC DISK. THIS TYPE SERVED TO SUPPLEMENT MACINTOSH COMPUTER'S INTERNAL FLOPPY DISK DRIVE. - Technical
-
M0130 WAS 400K 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DRIVE MARKETED FOR USE WITH MACINTOSHCOMPUTER. MACINTOSH CAME WITH ONE INTERNAL FLOPPY DISK DRIVE, WHICH WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO OPERATE SYSTEM & PROGRAM SOFTWARE AS WELL. THUS EXTERNAL FLOPPY OR HARD DISK DRIVE WAS NECESSARY. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOULDED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "Apple COmputer, Inc." & "FCC ID: BCG96AM0130" & LABEL READS "Model Number: M0130/ Made in Japan/ Serial Number: Y4303ENM0130" WITH HANDWRITTEN "April 26/93 OK"
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED BUFF CASING/ LIGHT GREY CORD/ METALLIC PARTS
- Decoration
- MOULDED APPLE LOGO ON FRONT
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Apple Computer Inc., Drive, disk, circa 1985, Artifact no. 2002.0329, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0329.001/
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