General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

9

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Top half of the body is synthetic and the bottom half is metal. Synthetic buttons are knobs are present on the front. There is a glass display tube on the front.

Dimensions

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

Length

47.8 cm

Width

46.7 cm

Height

39.0 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

Micom

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Montréal

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1978-1986

Canada

FIRST PROGRAMMABLE WORD PROCESSOR ACQUIRED BY THE FEDERALGOVERNMENT. IT WAS BUILT IN MONTREAL IN 1977 & WAS INSTALLED AT SECRETARY OF STATE IN OTTAWA IN 1978. MICOM DATA SYSTEMS LTD. OF MONTREAL WAS FOUNDED IN 1975 & DEVELOPED MICOM 200O IN 1975-1977. IN 1977-1978?, MICOM ENTERED AGREEMENT WITH PHILIPS OF CANADA.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS, PROCESSES, & DISPLAYS DATA. WORD PROCESSOR IS SPECIALIZED COMPUTER WHICH CREATES, DISPLAYS, EDITS, STORES, & PRINTS TEXT. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED IN TRANSLATION SECTION OF FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DEPT.

Technical

ACCORDING TO DONOR, MICOM 2000 WAS FIRST PROGRAMMABLE WORD PROCESSOR. IT HAS INTEL 8080 PROCESSOR & 64,000 CHARACTER MEMORY, ENABLING PROGRAMS TO BE STORED IN HIGH SPEED MEMORY. ABILITY TO HAVE NEW SOFTWARE & UPDATES LOADED INTO MEMORY AT CUSTOMER'S SITE MADE SYSTEM EXTREMELY FLEXIBLE & VERSATILE.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READS "MICOM 2000"

Missing

N/A

Finish

The top half of the casing is beige with a textured finish, and the bottom half is brown with a textured finish. Buttons are matte red and green with white text. Knobs are gloss black with white markings. Display bezel is brown with a textured finish. Display tube is glossy and dark grey in colour. Front name plate is brown with white text and has a glossy finish.

Decoration

N/A