General Information

Serial #

100-1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASINGS, CONTROLS, WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC COVERED SHELF/ GLASS CRT MONITOR SCREEN

Dimensions

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

Length

128.5 cm

Width

123.5 cm

Height

170.5 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

General Electric

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Florida

City

Daytona Beach

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C. 1977 TO 1987

Canada

IMAGE 100 SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BY AMERICAN FIRM GENERAL ELECTRIC UNDER CONTRACT TO CCRS (CANADA CENTRE FOR REMOTE SENSING) OF DEPT. OF ENERGY, MINES, & RESOURCES. IT WAS USED TO ANALYSE DATA FROM AMERICAN LANDSAT SATELLITES.

Function

COMPONENT OF HARDWARE-SOFTWARE SYSTEM USED TO ANALYSE & PROCESS DIGITAL IMAGERY IN THE FORM OF MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER DATA OF EARTH RECEIVED FROM SATELLITES. THIS IS ANALYSER COMPONENT OF SYSTEM, WHICH EXAMINED IMAGES TO IDENTIFY & CLASSIFY FEATURES BY MEANS OF THEIR SPECTRAL SIGNATURES.

Technical

SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED BY GENERAL ELECTRIC UNDER CONTRACT & LATER MODIFIED BY COMPUTING DEVICES. IT WAS ONE OF MOST SOPHISTICATED SYSTEMS OF ITS DAY FOR IMAGE PROCESSING.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON BLACK TOP FRONT PANEL READS "GENERAL (GE) ELECTRIC IMAGE 100 MULTISPECTRAL/ IMAGE ANALYZER"/ INTERIOR PLATE READING 'GENERAL ELECTRIC/ IMAGE 100/ DRAWING NO. 63C502580G, SERIAL NO. 100-1/ 120-208 VOLTS, AC, 3 PHASE, 60 HERTZ/ INPUT POWER -30 AMPS. MAX./ DAYTONA BEACH, FLORIDA/ MADE IN U.S.A.'/ METAL LETTERING ON MONITOR FRONT READS "CONRAC"/ PLATES ON BACK OF MONITOR READING: 'CONRAC/ MODEL 5411C19/ COVINA, CALIFORNIA, MADE IN U.S.A.', & 'MFD. SEPTEMBER 1978', & LABEL READING 'Ser. No. 372162'.

Missing

INPUT-SCANNER UNIT & PDP-11/70 COMPUTER REQUIRED FOR OPERATION OF THIS SYSTEM WERE NOT COLLECTED. COST OF OPERATING FULL SYSTEM WOULD BE PROHIBITIVE.

Finish

CASING SIDES & BACKS PAINTED TEXTURED LIGHT BLUE/ LIGHT & MEDIUM FLAT GREY PAINTED FRONT PANELS WITH TEXTURED NAVY BLUE PAINTED FRONT CASING PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ BLACK & GREY TEXTURED SYNTHETIC CRT SCREEN FRAMING/ LIGHT GRAY PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH MULTICOLOURED CONTROLS & PLATED & BLACK SYNTHETIC STICK CONTROL/ LIGHT GRAY SYNTHETIC SHELF COVERING

Decoration

COLOURED TRIANGLES ON TOP FRONT PANEL/ BLUE, YELLOW, RED, GREEN, GREY, & BLACK LINES, SYMBOLS, &LETTERING ON CONTROL PANELS.