General Information

Serial #

PROTOTYPE

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

49.0 cm

Width

39.7 cm

Height

24.4 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Printing

Category

Typesetting

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Galarneau

Country

Canada

State/Province

Québec

City

Hull

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1987-1991

Canada

PART OF COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM FOR BRAILLE TRANSCRIPTION DEVELOPED BY ROLAND GALARNEAU OF HULL, PQ. GALARNEAU, WHO WAS VISUALLY IMPAIRED FROM BIRTH, FOUNDED NON-PROFIT CORPORATION CONVERTO-BRAILLECYPIHOT-GALARNEAU SERVICES IN 1970. SCBCG USED EQUIPMENT GALARNEAU DEVELOPED TO PRODUCE BRAILLE BOOKS.

Function

A COMPUTER OUTPUT DEVICE: A SPECIALIZED COMPUTER IS USED TO CONVERT ALPHA-NUMERIC CHARACTERS INTO BRAILLE SYMBOLS, WHICH ARE PRINTED AS EMBOSSED BRAILLE CHARACTERS ON PAPER BY THE PRINTER

Technical

PROTOTYPE OF SECOND GENERATION OF BRAILLE PRINTER DEVELOPED IN 1987 BY GALARNEAU AS PART OF COMPUTERIZED BRAILLE PRINTING SYSTEM. DEVELOPMENT OF SYSTEMS OF THIS TYPE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED PRODUCTION OF BRAILLE TEXTS WHICH PREVIOUSLY HAD TO BE PUNCHED MANUALLY. THIS PRINTER PRINTS ON 2 SIDES.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.2 LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS 'Commodore/ MODEL/MODELE VIC 20/ NO. CC 568061/ USE WITH 902502-02 POWER/ SUPPLY ONLY/ UTILISEZ AVEC ADAPTEUR/ 902502-02 SEULEMENT/ MADE IN CANADA/ FABRIQUE AU CANADA'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR KEYS & CONTROL FUNCTIONS

Missing

COVER

Finish

.1 METALLIC CASING & PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/.2 TEXTURED BUFF SYNTHETIC CASING WITH BLACK KEYS & PARTS, BROWN KEYS/ RED LIGHT

Decoration

N/A