Modem
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- OBJECT TYPE
- wireless
- DATE
- 2001
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2018.0244.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Nortel Networks
- MODEL
- e-mobility
- LOCATION
- United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 0020D803_?
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- An object made of metal and synthetic elements/Un objet fait avec des éléments en métal et synthétique.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 5.5 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Nortel
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
This fibre optic amplifier was developed by Nortel Networks (formerly Northern Telecom) in Ottawa, Ontario. Nortel Networks was one of the most important manufacturers of telecommunications equipment in the world during the 1990s and early 2000s. L’amplificateur à câble à fibre optique était conçu par Nortel Networks (Précédemment Northern Telecom) en Ontario dans la ville d’Ottawa. Nortel Networks était un des manufacturiers de matériel de télécommunications les plus importantes au monde pendant les années 1990s et 2000s. - Function
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This artifact permits a laptop computer to connect wirelessly to the internet. Cet artefact permet à un ordinateur portable de se brancher a un réseau sans fil pour avoir accès à l'Internet. - Technical
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This card contains a modem and radio transmitter-receiver. By inserting it into a laptop computer, the user can gain access to a wireless local area network and, by extension, the internet. Cette carte contient un modem et un émetteur-récepteur radiophonique. En insérant la carte dans l'ordinateur portable l'utilisateur a accès à un réseau sans-fil local et l'Internet. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- On the front of the wireless modem the markings read read/Les marques sur le devant du modem sans fil sont:“NORTEL/NETWORKS,TM/NORTEL NETWORKS/e-mobility/802.11b Wireless LAN DSSS PC Card/Insert this end -->”.,The other side of the modem has obscured markings that read in part/Sur l'autre côté du modem les marques obscurci lit en partie:“MOD:LA-4121-10M-NR-US, S/N. 0020D803_?, 3.3V,5V,16,32,DMA./SYMBOL, TEC. Tec._? INC, HOLTSVILLE N.Y, MADE IN USA/THIS CLASS_? COMPLIES WITH CANADA/ICES-003ANS_?/CONFORM À LA NORME _? AU CANADA/FCC ID: H9PLA412_?32076A, FC/NORTEL, NA/NETWORK/e-mobility,02/23/2001/802.11 Wireless LAN DSSS, 211197-A”
- Missing
- Appears complete/L’objet parait complet.
- Finish
- A flat rectangular object that is made of grey synthetic material. One end of the object is rounded and shows a grey sticker on one side with blue writing to note the manufacturer. It has a metal sleeve that covers two thirds of its body on both its front and back. The metal sleeve has a white and yellow sticker on its front with black, blue and purple writing. The back of the metal sleeve also has a white sticker that contains black lettering only. The flat side of the object has two columns of holes that run vertically down the side of the artifact. Un objet rectangulaire qui est plat et faite avec un matériel synthétique de couleur grise. Un côté de l'objet est arrondi et a un autocollant gris avec du lettrage bleue pour noter le nom du manufacturier. L'artefact a aussi une manche en métal qui recouvre deux tiers de son corps sur le devant et à l'arrière. La manche en métal a un autocollant blanc sur les deux côtés. L'autocollant sur un bord à un lettrage noir, bleu et mauve avec un arrière-plan jaune. L'autocollant à l'arrière à un lettrage noir et n'a pas d'arrière-plan. Le côté plat de l'objet a deux colonnes de trous qui voyagent verticalement le long du côté plat de l'artefact.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Nortel Networks, Modem, circa 2001, Artifact no. 2018.0244, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2018.0244.001/
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