General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

3

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

synthetic circuit board, connectors, parts/ metal parts

Dimensions

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

Length

12.5 cm

Width

7.8 cm

Height

2.3 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

Passport

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Half Moon Bay

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

Part of a collection of electronic equipment for musical composition, performance and recording owned and used by Canadian Paul Hoffert, composer, musician, author, researcher, entrepreneur and arts administrator. American born, he came to Canada as a child and his career has encompassed many areas of the Canadian music business, including working as a jazz pianist, CBC music director and performer, educator, manufacturer of stereo equipment, music producer, and film composer. In the late 1960s he worked for a short time as a researcher in Hugh LeCaine's electronic music lab at NRC, where he wrote a computer program for music analysis and developed a solid-body electric violin. In 1968 Hoffert and rock drummer Skip Prokop, formed the very successful jazz-rock band Lighthouse (1969-1974, 1982, 1993-present), which earned one platinum record and four gold records and received three Juno awards between 1971 and 1973 In 1977 Hoffert received a Canadian Film Award (later known as a Genie) for best original musical score for the movie "Outrageous!". He also headed the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, the Guild of Canadian Film and Television Composers,and the Ontario Council for the Art. In 1995 he was inducted into the Canadian Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2009 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.

Function

The circuit board of a device used to connect a MIDI equipped synthesizer to a computer, specifically an Apple IIc computer.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

silver lettering on board reads 'MIDI INTERFACE' and 'PASSPORT/ DESIGNS INC'/ metal lettering on back of board seems to read '[unintelligible] 1984, 1985 PDI'

Missing

casing and front connectors

Finish

green board/ black connectors and parts/ multicoloured synthetic and metallic parts

Decoration

silver bird logo on board