General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

6

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

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Thickness

1.0 cm

Weight

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Diameter

7.8 cm

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

AES Data

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

Unknown

Canada

AES DATA LTD. WAS FORMED IN 1974 BY STEVEN DORSEY TO DESIGN & MARKET STAND ALONE WORD PROCESSOR SYSTEMS. ITS FIRST PRODUCT, AES 90, APPEARED IN 1974. THIS PRINTWHEEL WAS USED WITH LATER AES ALPHAPLUS 14 COMPUTER SYSTEM.

Function

ELEMENT OF COMPUTER PRINTER WHICH PRINTS CHARACTERS ON PAPER, BY MEANS OF CHARACTERS EMBOSSED ON ENDS OF SPOKES OF WHEEL WHICH ARE IMPRINTED ON PAPER THROUGH INKED RIBBON.

Technical

EXAMPLES OF MASS-PRODUCED,DISPOSABLE PRINTWHEELS. INTRODUCED IN EARLY 1970S, PRINTWHEEL OR DAISY WHEEL RESEMBLED SMALL SPOKED WHEEL; EACH SPOKE HAD PRINT CHARACTER EMBOSSED ON TIP & WHOLE WHEEL REVOLVED TO ALLOW APPROPRIATE CHARACTER TO BE POSITIONED AGAINST RIBBON. TECHNIQUE WAS WIDELY USED IN WORD PROCESSING SYSTEMS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD LETTERING ON PRINTWHEEL READS.1 "AES COURIER 10 811-0299 BILINGUAL"/ RAISED LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE OF PRINTWHEEL READS "MADE IN SWITZERLAND"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

BLACK PRINTWHEEL

Decoration

N/A