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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR/4K CORE MEMORY
- DATE
- 1967
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1976.0701.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment Corp.
- MODEL
- PDP-8
- LOCATION
- Maynard, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 173
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 157.0 cm
- Width
- 73.0 cm
- Height
- 175.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- 555.2
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Digital
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Maynard
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Nova Scotia
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED AT A CANADIAN SCIENTIFICLABORATORY - Function
-
A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, OF A TYPE USED LARGELY FOR SCIENTIFIC, SMALL BUSINESS, & INDUSTRIAL FUNCTION DATA PROCESSING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO ANALYSE DATA FROM OCEANOGRAPHIC STUDIES. - Technical
-
INTRODUCED IN 1965, THE PDP-8 WAS THE FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MINICOMPUTER. ALTHOUGH LIMITED IN COMPARISON TO MAIN FRAMES, ITS SPEED, SMALL SIZE & AFFORDABILITY MADE IT USEFUL IN LABORATORIES, SMALL BUSINESSES & MANUFACTURING PLANTS. CHEAPER, FASTER, & MORE RELIABLE PDP-8'S WERE INTRODUCED LATER. BETWEEN 20,000 & 30,000 WERE SOLD - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- BLACK & WHITE LETTERING ON CPU FRONT CASING READS 'DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION DATA PROCESSOR/ PDP-8'; BLACK IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING 'SN173'; WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTION/ BLACK LETTERING ON TAPE UNITS READS 'DECtape 55'/ PLATE ON PAPER TAPE PUNCH READS 'TELETYPE/ CODE/ 8PPE11'/ DECALS ON COMPONENTS READING 'BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY/ DARTMOUTH N.S./ CG 5213', 'CG5372', 'CG5373', 'CG5370', 'CG5214'
- Missing
- SEVERAL CASING PANELS DETACHED, SOME MISSING, SOME REPLACED BY PLEXIGLASS
- Finish
- TEXTURED BLUE PAINTED CASING WITH METALLIC PARTS, SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN FINISHED DOORS ON FRONT/ WHITE & BLACK CPU FRONT PANEL WITH MULTICOLOURED SWITCHES/ BLUE, BLACK & WHITE PAINTED PARTS WITH MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Digital Equipment Corp., Computer, circa 1967, Artifact no. 1976.0701, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1976.0701.001/
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