Terminal, computer
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- OBJECT TYPE
- non-processing/CRT screen-keyboard
- DATE
- 1988
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0355.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Northern Telecom
- MODEL
- ALEXTEL/NT9G52AA
- LOCATION
- Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 14AA01564
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS & 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
- 27.5 cm
- Width
- 26.6 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Northern Telecom
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Quebec
- Period
- 1988+
- Canada
-
LAUNCHED BY BELL CANADA IN MONTREAL IN 1989 & TORONTO IN 1990, ALEX WAS LAST MAJOR ATTEMPT TO COMMERCIALIZE VIDEOTEX SERVICE IN CANADA. USING EITHER TERMINAL OR PC, ALEX OFFERED RESIDENTIAL USERS ACCESS TO VARIETY OF INFORMATION, MESSAGING & HOME SHOPPING SERVICES VIA TELEPHONE LINES. ALEX WAS COMMERCIAL FAILURE, DUE IN PART TO HIGH USAGE FEES & PAUCITY OF SERVICES BUT WAS PRECURSOR TO INTERNET & WORLD WIDE WEB. - Function
-
THIS TERMINAL WAS HOME USER COMPONENT OF VIDEOTEX NETWORK WHICH ENABLED USERS TO HAVE ACCESS TO MANY SERVICES SUCH AS HOME BANKING, SHOPPING, CURRENT EVENTS & INFORMATION, TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION, GAMES & LOTTERIES ETC. - Technical
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DATA ON ALEX WAS FORMATTED FOR NORTH AMERICAN PRESENTATION LEVEL PROTOCOL SYNTAX (NAPLPS), WHICH WAS BASED ON TELIDON SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN CANADA. NAPLPS EXCELLED IN RENDERING OF DIGITAL IMAGES & OFFERED USERS VISUALLY RICHER ON-LINE EXPERIENCE THAN TEXT-ONLY INFORMATION SERVICES EMPLOYING ASCII. ALEX USERS EMPLOYED SPECIAL PURPOSE TERMINAL OR PERSONAL COMPUTER RUNNING NAPLPS EMULATION PROGRAM, WHICH CONNECTED TO SYSTEM BY MODEM OVER TELEPHONE LINES; AT TELEPHONE CENTRAL OFFICE ALEX CALLS WERE HANDED OFF TO VIDEOTEX ACCESS POINT (VAP) WHICH ESTABLISHED LINK OVER DATAPAC, PUBLIC PACKET SWITCHED DATA NETWORK, TO REMOTE COMPUTERS PROVIDING INFORMATION SERVICES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- MOULDED LETTERING ON CASING FRONT & TERMINAL FRONT READS "Bell" & "ALEXtel"/ MOULDED LETTERING ON BACK READS "nt [LOGO] northern/ telecom", "MADE IN CANADA FABRIQUE AU CANADA", 120 VAC - 60 Hz - 1.0 AMP"/ LABELS READ "MODEL NO./ NT9G52AA", "Communications/ Canada/ 332 2794 A" & "nt [LOGO] northern/ telecom/ NNTM000001/ SER, NO. 14AA01564"/ BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON KEYS & FOR CONTROLS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED FINISH IN 2 SHADES OF LIGHT GREY/ WHITE KEYS
- Decoration
- N/A
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