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- OBJECT TYPE
- OVERHEAD GRAPHICS/4-PEN COLOUR/DESKTOP/PORTABLE
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0108.001
- MANUFACTURER
- 3M
- MODEL
- 7500-AAA
- LOCATION
- St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 255146
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 4
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC CASINGS, CONTROLS, & KEYS, PLOTTER TABLE, SCREEN, PARTS/ METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 37.0 cm
- Height
- 12.3 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
- 3M
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- St. Paul
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- PRIMARILY 1987 TO 1989; LIMITED USE THEREAFTER INTO 1990S.
- Canada
-
AMERICAN-JAPANESE MADE PLOTTER USED IN CANADA IN SMALL BUSINESS SITUATION. DONOR PURCHASED PLOTTER AS DEMO MODEL FOR ABOUT $2000 IN 1987. HE USED IT AS CONSULTANT/PRODUCER PRIMARILY TO MAKE TRANSPARENCIES FOR HOSPITALS & MEDICAL DOCTORS & RESEARCHERS. HE RETIRED IN 1989 & NOW USES PC TO CREATE GRAPHICS. - Function
-
OUTPUT DEVICE USED TO GRAPHICALLY REPRESENT COMPUTER DATA, IN THIS EXAMPLE PRIMARILY TO PRODUCE GRAPHICS ON TRANSPARENCIES FOR OVERHEAD PROJECTIONS. BUILT-IN KEYBOARD & SOFTWARE ALLOWED PRODUCTION OF STANDARD GRAPHICS FOR PRESENTATION IN LECTURES, E.G. PIE CHARTS, BAR GRAPHS ETC. THREE COLOURS & BLACK COULD BE USED. - Technical
-
3M 500 SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PUT ON MARKET IN 1984 & IS SIMILAR TO TEKTRONIX 4600 PLOTTER POPULAR WITH SCIENTISTS & ENGINEERS. TEKTRONIX & CALCOMP (BOTH IN U.S.) WERE LEADERS IN POTTER DESIGN. PLUG-IN MODULE WAS SIMPLE & INEXPENSIVE "LOW-TECH" WAY OF ADDING FLEXIBILITY TO MACHINE. UNLIKE CALCOMP & TEKTRONIX PLOTTERS, 3M HAD ATTACHED KEYBOARD ALLOWING IT TO STAND ALONE & TO BE PORTABLE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATES ON UNDERSIDE READ "MODEL 7500-AAA/ 115 V 50/60 Hz 55 W 0.6 A/ Audio Visual Division/3M / St. Paul, Minnesota 55144 Made in Japan A2" & "255146/ 7500 SERIAL NO."/ LABEL ON FRONT READS "3M 7500"/ LABEL ON FRONT READS "1-SIMPLEX 2-DUPLEX3-COMPLEX 4-TRIPLEX"/.3 LABEL READS "Organization Chart/ Optional Cartridge/ for the 3M 7500/Electronic Transparency Maker/ 78-8044-6978-7/ Audio Visual Division/3M/ St. Paul, MN 55144-1000 Made in U.S.A. 3M"; paper label on side reads "SERIAL NO. 264492"
- Missing
- PENS
- Finish
- .1 TEXTURED LIGHT BROWN PLOTTER CASING WITH DARK BROWN PARTS, WHITE PLOTTER TABLE, BRUSHED METAL BAR WITH BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED STRIP, LIGHT BROWN CARRYING STRAP/.2 BLACK CORD/.3 TEXTURED BLACK CASING WITH METALLIC SCREWS
- Decoration
- N/A
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3M, Plotter, circa 1987, Artifact no. 1996.0108, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1996.0108.001/
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