General Information

Serial #

14112

Part Number

1

Total Parts

20

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

PHENOLIC BOARD/ SYNTHETIC & METAL (INCLUDING ALUMINUM) PARTS/ PLASTIC BAG

Dimensions

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

Length

25.4 cm

Width

13.7 cm

Height

1.6 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

Cromemco

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

AFTER 1977 +

Canada

AMERICAN MADE COMPONENTS ASSEMBLED INCANADA FOR USE WITH NABU COMPUTERS. DONOR USED THIS ASSEMBLY WITH HIS NABU COMPUTER & CROMEMCO CARD CAGE (990110). NABU NETWORK WAS UNSUCCESSFUL 1980S CANADIAN INITIATIVE; IT WAS ONE-WAY COMPUTER NETWORK INTENDED TO PROVIDE USERS WITH LOW COST ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE.

Function

INSULATING BOARD ON WHICH ARE MOUNTED INTEGRATED CIRCUITS WHICH PERFORM PROCESSING FUNCTIONS. THIS BOARD WAS DESIGNED FOR USE AS INTERFACE FOR PAPER TAPE READER BUT ALSO FUNCTIONED AS PARALLEL PORT FOR ANY DEVICE REQUIRING HANDSHAKE PROTOCOLS.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF CIRCUIT BOARD USING MANY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS. FUNCTIONS OF SUCH BOARDS WAS DEPENDANT ON INTERNAL CLOCK & VARIOUS WAVE FORMS OF CLOCK ARE PROVIDED IN MANUAL (SEE SUPP. INFO.).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

WHITE LETTERING ON BOARD READING "Cromemco TU-ART" & "COPYRIGHT 1977/ BY CROMEMCO/ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"/ WHITE IDENTIFICATIONS & FUNCTIONS/ RAIDED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS ""Cromemco TU-ART" & "COPYRIGHT 1977/ BY CROMEMCO INC.", "ALL RIGHTS/ RESERVED"/ BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "014112"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GREEN BOARD/ BLACK, BLUE, WHITE, GREEN SEMICONDUCTORS/ LIGHT GRAY SYNTHETIC/ BLUE BAG

Decoration

N/A