Cord, electrical
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0355.002
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 2
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Unknown
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 18.0 cm
- Width
- 18.5 cm
- Height
- 4.0 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
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1988+
- Canada
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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
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Used to provide power to Alextel/NT9G52AA computer terminal. - Technical
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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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK
- Decoration
- N/A
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