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OBJECT TYPE: N/A
DATE: 1984
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0360.001

MANUFACTURER: Suncom Inc.
MODEL: ANIMATION STATION
LOCATION: Wheeling, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 SYNTHETIC CASING & SCREEN, CONTROLS, CONNECTOR CORD; METAL PARTS/.2 SYNEHTIC;.3 CARDBOARD

Dimensions

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Length: 23.5 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: Suncom
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Wheeling

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1984+
Canada: ONCE BELONGED TO NATIONVIEW PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY. NATIONVIEW IS RURAL PUBLIC SCHOOL (JK TO GRADE 8) LOCATED IN SOUTH MOUNTAIN, ONT. (UPPER CANADA DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD).
Function: PERSONAL COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WHICH ENABLED USER TO CREATE DESIGNS ON PRESSURE SENSITIVE PAD ON ITS SURFACE USING STYLUS; TOUCH OF STYLUS CREATED ELECTRICALIMPULSES WHICH WERE THEN FED INTO COMNPUTER.
Technical: MID 1980'S GRAPHICS TABLET WITH PRESSURE SENSITIVE SURFACE ON WHICH PASSIVE STYLUS,FINGER ETC. WAS USED TO CREATE DESIGNS FOR INPUT TO COMPUTER. UNLIKE LATER VERSIONS, STYLUS WAS NOT ACTIVE. COULD BE USED WITH COMMODORE 64, APPLE II, APPLE II+, APPLE IIC, APPLE IIE & FRANKLIN COMPUTERS.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: WHITE LETTERING ON SCREEN READS "Animation/ Station/ Computergraphics Sensor Pad/ (TM)"; RAISED LETTERING ON CASING READS "Suncom"; PRINTED LABEL ON BACK READS "MISC/ 93-0076/ APPLE/ Animation Station"
Missing: .2 PEN DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE ORIGINAL
Finish: BUFF COLOURED CASING, BLACK SCREEN, BLACK CONTROLS, BLACK FEET, WHITE CORD
Decoration: MOULDED LOGO ON CASING READONG "SUNCO"

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Suncom Inc., Graphics tablet, circa 1984, Artifact no. 2002.0360, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0360.001/

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