General Information

Serial #

1883

Part Number

3

Total Parts

12

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic casing, controls and working parts/ metal working parts

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

47.0 cm

Width

23.5 cm

Height

N/A

Thickness

6.5 cm

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Symbolics

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

circa 1986 +

Canada

Part of an American made computer of the mid 1980's used in Canada, presumably by the donor ORA Canada, information system consultants.

Function

A data input component of a computer, used to enter alphanumeric data and commands.

Technical

An intput device for a symbol processing computer designed to run the symbolic programming language Lisp as its main software language (the name Lisp derives from List Processing Language). The extended keyboard has 88 keys, divided into three sections: the typewriter section, the modify section and the function section. The typewriter section contains the character keys (standard QUERTY). The action of any of the character keys is changed by simultaneously holding down any of the modifying keys and the character key. Using the function keys, that is typing a function before some key combinations modifies the action of the other keys (Ref. 1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

black lettering on top reads 'synbolics'/ label on underside reads 'symbolics inc./ MODEL 3600 SN 1883/ PN 364000 REV/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ white and black lettering on keys

Missing

unknown

Finish

textured buff synthetic casing/ light grey and dark grey keys/ black power cord

Decoration

N/A