General Information

Serial #

7093218

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS INCUDING TAPE REEL, TAPE DRIVE COVER, & CONTROLS/.2 METAL CASING & PARTS, SYNTHETIC KEYS, CABLES/.3 GLASS TABLE TOP WITH METAL, SYNTHETIC, & WOOD PRODUCT? FRAME/.4 METAL BASE/.5 SYNTHETIC & METAL/.6 SYNTHETIC/.1 RUBBER STRIP ON METAL WHEELS

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

52.5 cm

Height

108.8 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

Instronics

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Stittsville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1974 +

Canada

COMPUTER EQUIPMENT MADE BY A CANADIAN MANUFACTURER & USED BY TWO CANADIAN COMPANIES FOR MAPPING & PLOTTING

Function

A PRECISION DIGITIZER, USED TO CONVERT GRAPHIC INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF MAPS, DRAWINGS, ARTWORK, SURVEYS, PHOTOGRAPHS ETC. INTO A DIGITIZED FORMAT SUITABLE FOR USE BY COMPUTERS & OTHER DATA PROCESSING, STORAGE, OR HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Technical

INTRODUCED IN 1970, THIS DEVICE WAS CHARACTERIZED BY AN OBSTRUCTION FREE DIGITIZING TABLE, A HIGH RESPONSE SERVO SYSTEM,CONVENIENT FORMAT CHANGE VIA PATCH BOARD, & MULTIPLE INTERFACE CAPABILITY. THE ABSENCE OF MECHANICAL COUPLING BETWEEN CURSOR & ENCODER & AVAILABILITY OF DIFFERENT CURSOR TYPES ALSO INCREASED FLEXIBILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON CASING FRONT READING 'INSTRONICS LTD.'; WHITE 'DIGI-DATA CORPORATION' ON DISK DRIVE COVER; BLACK PLATE WITH RAISED METALLIC 'GRADICON', INTERIOR DECALS READING 'MODEL SERVO SYSTEM/ SERIAL 7093218/ POWER 117V 60Hz 2.5A/ MADE IN CANADA BY INSTRONICS LTD.-MANUFACTURING DIVISION/ STITTSVILLE, ONTARIO' WITH PATENT INFO.; SAME DECALS FOR 'MODEL DISPLAY UNIT/ SERIAL 7093218/ 117V 60Hz 1.5A', 'MODEL KEYBOARD POWER SUP./ SERIAL 7093218/ 117V 60Hz.75A'/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED CASING WITH LIGHT BLUE ENAMEL PAINTED FRONT CONTROL PANEL, BRUSHED METAL TAPE DRIVE CASING WITH TRANSPARENT BLACK SYNTHETIC COVER, SYNTHETIC WOOD GRAIN PANEL BELOW; MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC & PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A