General Information

Serial #

1000

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, SYNTHETIC TOP, SYNTHETIC BUTTONS

Dimensions

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

Length

60.5 cm

Width

43.0 cm

Height

61.5 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

AES Data

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1974-1978

Canada

AN EARLY WORD PROCESSOR SYSTEM, THE FIRST MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED WORD PROCESSOR DEVELOPED IN CANADA. AES DATA LTD. WAS FORMED IN 1974 BY STEVEN DORSEY TO DESIGN & MARKET STAND ALONE SYSTEMS. THE AES 90, POSSIBLY THE WORLD'S FIRST SPECIAL PURPOSE SCREEN TEXT EDITING SYSTEM, WAS INTRODUCED IN 1974. THIS UNIT WAS USED IN OTTAWA BY THE OFFICE OFTHE MINISTER OF PUBLIC WORKS AND IN OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICES.

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA. THIS EXAMPLE IS A SPECIALIZED MACHINE WHICH CREATES, DISPLAYS, EDITS, STORES, & PRINTS TEXT.

Technical

THE FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL OF THE AES-90, A VERY EARLY STAND ALONE WORD PROCESSOR UTILIZING A DISPLAY SCREEN FOR WORD PROCESSING FUNCTIONS. SUCH MACHINES SUCCEEDED EARLIER WORD PROCESSORS WHICH WERE ORIGINALLY ELECTRIC TYPEWRITERS WITH MEMORY; THE PROLIFERATION OF SUCH DEVICES WAS PART OF THE OFFICE AUTOMATION REVOLUTION. CPU MEMORY IS 10,000 12-BIT WORDS AND THE DISK MEMORY IS 128 PAGES OR 300,000 CHARACTERS. THE MONITOR DISPLAYS 1,920 CHARACTERS IN 24 LINES OF 80 CHARACTERS EACH.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

none

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED CASING, WHITE SYNTHETIC TOP, BEIGE PAINTED DISK DRIVE CASING, WHITE BUTTONS

Decoration

N/A