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- OBJECT TYPE
- PERSONAL/GAME
- DATE
- 1983–1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2002.0380.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bradley, Milton Co.
- MODEL
- VECTREX/3000-C1
- LOCATION
- Hong Kong
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 1023604
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASING & CONTROL CONSOLE CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS, CORDS; METAL CONTROLS & PARTS; GLASS SCREEN; RUBBER FEET
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 29.3 cm
- Width
- 25.0 cm
- Height
- 36.0 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
- Milton Bradley
- Country
- Hong Kong
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- EARLY TO MID 1980S.
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF GAME COMPUTER FROM COLLECTION OF PERSONAL COMPUTERS & ELECTRONIC GAMES BELONGING TO MR. DANIEL LESSARD, VENDOR'S LATE HUSBAND. HE USED MICROCOMPUTERS (AMIGA& APPLE IIC) FROM 1977 & IN 1995 BEGAN COLLECTING EXAMPLES OF SIGNIFICANT COMPUTERS, PROVIDING INFORMATION ON HIS COLLECTION ON HIS WEB SITE (REF. 2). - Function
-
PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA. IT CONTAINS MICROPROCESSOR & IS USED BY INDIVIDUAL FOR PERSONAL OR BUSINESS COMPUTING PURPOSES. THIS TYPE IS SPECIALIZED COMPUTER USED TO PLAY COMPUTER GAMES. - Technical
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INTRODUCED IN LATE 1982, VECTREX WAS ONLY VIDEO GAME COMPUTER TO USE VECTOR "LINE" GRAPHICS (AS OPPOSED TO RASTER "PIXEL" GRAPHICS). IT HAS 9 X 11 INCH BLACK & WHITE SCREEN & COMES WITH BUILT-IN GAME CALLED MINESTORM. PLASTIC OVERLAYS WERE USED FOR GAMES, TO CUT DOWN ON FLICKER & GIVE ILLUSION OF COLOUR. - Area Notes
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- LABEL ON BACK READS "(c) Milton Bradley Canada Inc., 1983/ All Rights Reserved/ Vectrex/ ARCADE SYSTEM/ MODEL 3000-C1/ Serial No.1023604/ MADE IN HONG KONG/ 120 VAC 60 Hz 40 WATTS/"; GREY LETTERING ON FRONT & CONTROL CONSOLE READS "Vectrex [TM] ARCADE SYSTEM" & "GCE [TM]"/
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLACK CASING & CONTROL CONSOLE CASING, FEET, CORD, PARTS/ PLATED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bradley, Milton Co., Computer, between 1983–1984, Artifact no. 2002.0380, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0380.001/
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