General Information

Serial #

20876

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC AND METAL

Dimensions

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

Length

44.0 cm

Width

35.0 cm

Height

15.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Transcom

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Windsor Locks

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

USED BETWEEN 1986 AND 1992

Canada

REPRESENTS THE USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BY A LARGE CORPORATION TO AUTOMATE AND EXPEDITE TRANSACTIONS BETWEEN A CENTRALIZED WAREHOUSE AND NUMEROUS, DISPERSAL RETAIL OUTLETS.

Function

USED TO ORDER PARTS FROM A CENTRAL COMPUTER VIA A TELEPHONE LINE. KEYBOARD ENTRY, VOICE CONFIRMATION. THE TERMINAL ACTUALLY COMMUNICATES WITH A MINI-COMPUTER WHICH IN TURN ACCESSES THE MAIN COMPUTER TO READ FILES AND PROCESS ORDERS.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF A SPECIAL PURPOSE, USER-FRIENDLY DATA COMMUNICATION TERMINAL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFG'S PLATE: '[LOGO] TRANSCOM INC. WINDSOR LOCK, CT./ MODEL NO./ IT-160-200/ SERIAL NO./ 20876/ POWER/ 115V 60HZ'/ MFG PLATE ABOVE KEYBOARD: 'E-COM EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS/ Massey Ferguson'/ DYNATAPE: '1-800-268-8083 96400-61'/ LABEL ON TOP OF LID 'MF'/ STANDARD COMPUTER KEYBOARD MARKINGS

Missing

ELECTRIC CORD

Finish

LID BLACK WITH WHITE LOCO; BASE BLACK WITH LIGHT BLUE AROUND KEYBOARD; LIGHT GREY, DARK GREY, WHITE AND RED KEYS WITH EITHER WHITE OR BLACK PRINTING

Decoration

METAL STRIPAROUND BASE