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- OBJECT TYPE
- HORIZONTAL TABLE/1-PEN/X-Y/VACUUM TUBE
- DATE
- 1959
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1974.0787.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Electronic Associates Inc.
- MODEL
- PACE VARIPLOTTER 1100-100-E
- LOCATION
- Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 809
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 5
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PLOTTING TABLE, CONTROLS, & PARTS/ GLASS VACUUM TUBES
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 58.4 cm
- Width
- 44.2 cm
- Height
- 24.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Analog peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Electronic
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- New Jersey
- City
- Long Branch
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1960-1973
- Canada
-
PERIPHERAL DEVICE FOR PACE 231R ANALOG COMPUTER, WHICH WAS FIRST COMPUTER INSTALLED AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DIVISION OF ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD., CANADIAN GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. - Function
-
OUTPUT DEVICE FOR ANALOG COMPUER USED TO REPRESENT COMPUTER DATA GRAPHICALLY ON PAPER. THIS SELF-BALANCING POTENTIOMETER TYPE RECORDER PLOTTED ONE DC VOLTAGE AS FUNCTION OF 2ND DC VOLTAGE. ONE VARIABLE CONTROLLED POSITION OF ARM ON ABSCISSA WHILE 2ND CONTROLLED POSITION OF MOTOR-DRIVEN PEN ALONG ORDINATE. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF VACUUM TUBE BASED ANALOG PLOTTER, CAPABLE OF ACCURATE, RAPID GRAPHIC RECORDING OF ANY DATA THAT IS AVAILABLE IN DC VOLTAGE FORM. IT WAS RELATIVELY PORTABLE TABLE-TOP RECORDER WITH VACUUM PAPER HOLD-DOWN. ADDITION OF ACCESSORY EQ ENABLED IT TO PLOT DIGITAL INFO FROM KEYBOARD, PUNCHED CARDS. OR PAPER TAPE, OR TO OPERATE FUNCTION GENERATOR. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- METALLIC STRIPACROSS TOP READS 'VARIPLOTTER' IN BLACK INCISED LETTERING WITH GREY '1100-E' ON BLUE GROUND/ METALLIC & BLUE PLATE ON FRONT READS 'PACE' IN RAISED METALLIC LETTERING & 'ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES/ INC. IN INCISED BLACK LETTERING/ BROWN LETTERING ON SIDE PANEL READS 'VARIPLOTTER PLOTTING BOARD/ ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES INC., LONG BRANCH, N.J.'/ BROWN LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON SIDE PANEL & TOP CONTROL PANEL/ INTERIOR LABEL READS 'ELECTRONIC ASSOCIATES INC./ LONG BRANCH, NEW JERSEY/ MOD. NO. 1100-100-E SER. NO. 809'
- Missing
- PENS? - ADDITIONAL PARTS POSSIBLY IN 740017 PTS
- Finish
- BROWN WRINKLE FINISHED CASING/ GREY PLOTTING TABLE/ GREY & BROWN PAINTED CONTROL PANEL WITH BLUE SYNTHETIC & METALLIC CONTROLS/ METALLIC CASING SIDE GRILLES, ONE WITH BROWN & GREY PAINTED PANEL WITH BROWN, WHITE, & BLACK CONTROLS & METALLIC PARTS/ BRUSHED & PLATED PEN ARM MECHANISM
- Decoration
- WHITE LABELS ON TOP & IN INTERIOR READING ''AECL/ TORONTO/ 2889' & 'AECL/ TORONTO/ 6724' RESPECTIVELY/ LABELS ON PLASTIC VIALS READ 'ELECTRONIC/ ASSOCIATES INC.' & 'PACE/ PRECISION ANALOG COMPUTING EQUIPMENT'
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Electronic Associates Inc., Plotter, circa 1959, Artifact no. 1974.0787, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1974.0787.001/
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