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OBJECT TYPE: STANDARD CARTRIDGE
DATE: 1968–1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1982.0504.001

MANUFACTURER: Digital Equipment Corp.
MODEL: RL0IK-DC
LOCATION: Maynard, Massachusetts, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 32341 (.1)
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: MAGNETIC DISC/ PLASTIC CASE/ METAL PLATE ON DISC BASE/ METAL MAGNETS

Dimensions

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

Length: N/A
Width: 38.3 cm
Height: 6.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Digital
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Massachusetts
City: Maynard

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: Unknown
Canada: Unknown
Function: STORE DATA FOR USE BY COMPUTER
Technical: DISC IS AN EXTERNAL OR AUXILIARY STORAGE DEVICE. INFO. MAYBE RECORDED ON ONE OR BOTH SURFACES BY CREATING AT A SPECIFIC SPOT A MAGNETIC FIELD BY MEANS OF A RECORDING HEAD WHICH MOVES OVER, NOT ON, THE DISC SURFACE. THIS LACK OF DIRECT CONTACT RESULTS IN LONGER LIFE SPAN FOR BOTH DISCS & READWRITE HEADS, AND HIGH DATA RELIABILITY.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: 'Data Cartridge RLOIK-DC Pat. Pend.' APPEARS ON PLASTIC PLATE ABOVE HANDLE/ "DIGITAL" LOGO APPEARS ON HANDLE AND ON CASE BOTTOM/.1 BEARS TWO MFR'S LABELS, WHICH PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFO. ON THE DISC, AS WELL AS COPYRIGHT AND SOFTWARE MFG. DATES.
Missing: NONE EVIDENT
Finish: BROWN DISC/ GREY PLASTIC CASE HAS PEBBLEDFINISH/ FOUR SILVER-METAL MAGNETS SECURE CASE TO DISK CARRIAGE
Decoration: N/A

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Digital Equipment Corp., Disk pack, between 1968–1983, Artifact no. 1982.0504, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1982.0504.001/

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