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OBJECT TYPE: personal/desktop/integrated circuit
DATE: 1986
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2002.0381.001

MANUFACTURER: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
MODEL: AMIGA 1000
LOCATION: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: XM2000257
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 8
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

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Length: 44.6 cm
Width: 33.5 cm
Height: 10.5 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: Commodore
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: West Chester

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: MID TO LATE 1980S
Canada: EXAMPLE OF PC 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.
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1985, AMIGA 1000FEATURED MULTITASKING, WINDOWING OPERATING SYSTEM, USING MOTOROLA 68000 CPU, WITH 256KB RAM, & 880KB 3.5-INCH DISK DRIVE. AMIGA WAS INNOVATIVE FOR IT'S USE OF COLOUR GRAPHICS & HIGH SPEED PROCESSOR THAT BECAME MUST HAVE FOR THOSE MAINLY INTERESTED IN COMPUTER GAMES.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "AMIGA", "MADE IN JAPAN", "120 V 60 Hz 1A NOM./ MODEL NO. 1000" & SERIAL NO. XM2000257
Missing: MOUSE
Finish: BUFF CASING/ METALLIC PARTS/ BLACK FEET
Decoration: RAISED BLACK "AMIGA" & MULTICOLOURED LOGO ON CASING FRONT

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Commodore Business Machines Inc., Computer, circa 1986, Artifact no. 2002.0381, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2002.0381.001/

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