General Information

Serial #

B3712

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ METAL HANDLE & PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

61.0 cm

Width

49.5 cm

Height

18.7 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Development & maintenance equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Atlantic

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Virginia

City

Alexandria

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

EARLY 1980'S +

Canada

DEVICE USED BY CANADIAN SERVICE COMPANY. DG SYSTEMS IS OTTAWA FIRM THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO BANKS & OTHER USERS OF DEBIT CARD & SIMILAR TECHNOLOGY SINCE EARLY 1980S. THEY DEVELOP SOFTWARE & SYSTEMS FOR BANKS & CHECK COMMUNICATIONS LINKSBETWEEN DEBIT MACHINES, INSTANT TELLER MACHINES & BANKING INSTITUTION'S CENTRAL COMPUTERS.

Function

THIS TYPE OF DEVICE WAS USED TO ANALYSE STATE OF CIRCUITS WITHIN COMPLEX ELECTRONICS INCORPORATING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS & WERE EMPLOYED BY ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS IN DESIGN OF CIRCUITS OR BY TECHNICIANS TROUBLESHOOTING DIGITAL CIRCUITS.

Technical

PROTOCOL ANALYSER ALLOWED USER TO ASSESS SIGNALS BEING DELIVERED OR RECEIVED BY DIFFERENT INTEGRATED CIRCUITS IN CIRCUIT & TO DETERMINE ON/OFF STATE OF DIFFERENT PINOUTS ON INTEGRATED CIRCUITS OR SYSTEM AS WHOLE. THIS DEVICE WAS USED WITH EQUIPMENT THAT RELIED ON RS-232 COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

LABEL ON FRONT READS "[LOGO] INTERVIEW 3600/ ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION/ MADE IN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA, U.S.A./ MODEL NO. INT-895-5 SERIAL NO. B3712"; INTERIOR PLATE READS "[LOGO] INTERVIEW 3600/ ATLANTIC RESEARCH CORPORATION"; LABELS ON BACK READS "DISTRIBUTED BY/ LOUIS ALBERT ASSOC. INC./ 5411 Canotek Rd. Gloucester, Ont. K1J 8Y5" & "CALIBRATION - ETALONEE/ By/Par/ LOUIS ALBERT ASSOCIATES, INC./ Date 7/9/84"

Missing

COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE & WHITE EXTERIOR; WHITE INTERIOR WITH GREY SCREEN; BLACK CONTROL PANEL WITH MULTICOLOURED TOUCH KEYS & CONTROLS; BRUSHED METAL & BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE

Decoration

N/A