General Information

Serial #

2314A95231

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, SCREEN, CONTROLS, PARTS/ METAL WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

45.3 cm

Width

41.8 cm

Height

19.5 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

Hewlett Packard

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

C. 1982 +

Canada

PART OF FIRST INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM ACQUIRED BY GEODETIC SURVEY OF CANADA. ALSO KNOWN (IN CANADA) AS "ISS" (INERTIAL SURVEY SYSTEM), THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS USED FOR SURVEY WORK ON THE PRAIRIES, & ON MASSIVE QUEBEC HYDRO PROJECTS OF LATE 1970S-EARLY 1980S.

Function

PROGRAMMABLE DEVICE CAPABLE OF ACCEPTING, PROCESSING & STORING DATA. THIS EXAMPLE WAS PART OF INERTIAL SURVEYING SYSTEM USED TO COMPUTE THE GEODETIC COORDINATES & ELEVATION OF GIVEN POINT.

Technical

IN DEC.1982 HP INTRODUCED MODEL HP-87XM OF SERIES 80 PCS FOR SCIENTISTS OR ENGINEERS. IT WAS MARKETED AS TOP OF LINE OF HP SERIES 80 FAMILY OF PCS (SEE 2001.0004) & APPEARS IN 1984 HP CATALOGUE ONLY. THESE PCS HAD LARGER MEMORY THAN PREDECESSORS, MADE POSSIBLE BY DROP IN COST OF RAM DEVICES & IMPROVEMENTS IN LOGIC BOARDS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & GREY LABELS READING "hp" [LOGO] & "HEWLETT-PACKARD 87XM" ON FRONT/ WHITE LETTERING ON BACK READS "HEWLETT-PACKARD CO. MADE IN U.S.A."/ WHITE LABEL ON BACK READS "SERIAL NO./2314A95231/ HEWLETT PACKARD/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ HANDWRITTEN BLACK "ASSET 00063" ON TOP/ BLACK & YELLOW LETTERING ON KEYS

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH TEXTURED BROWN FRONT PANEL/ BROWN SCREEN/ BROWN, BUFF, & YELLOW KEYS/ BROWN PARTS/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A