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OBJECT TYPE: TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1974
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1984.0777.001

MANUFACTURER: Digital Equipment Corp.
MODEL: PDP-8
LOCATION: Unknown

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General Information

Serial #: 293
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL FRAME, CASING, & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS, CONTROLS, CASING PARTS/ PAPER INSTRUCTION LIST, SERVICE BUSINESS CARDS, TYPEWRITTEN LISTS ATTACHED TO FRONT

Dimensions

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Length: 157.0 cm
Width: 76.0 cm
Height: 175.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Physics
Category: Miscellaneous
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Digital
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1974-1984
Canada: AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT USED AT A CANADIAN GOVERNMENT SCIENTIFIC LABORATORY - CANADIAN ADAPTATION OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHYEQUIPMENT & MINICOMPUTER FOR X-RAY CRYSTAL DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS.
Function: PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, OF TYPE USED LARGELY FOR SCIENTIFIC, SMALL BUSINESS, & INDUSTRIAL FUNCTION DATA PROCESSING. THIS EXAMPLE WAS USED TO PROCESS X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY DATA.
Technical: FIRST INSTANCE OF X-RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT "MARRIED" TO MINICOMPUTER FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES. THIS COMPUTER WAS SPECIFICALLY CONFIGURED TO CONTROL PICKER X-RAY EQUIPMENT & DIFFRACTOMETER (840778-781)& TO ANALYSIS ITS DATA./ INTRODUCED IN 1965, AFFORDABLE PDP-8 WAS FIRST COMMERCIALLY SUCCESSFUL MINICOMPUTER, ENABLING USE OF COMPUTING BY UNIVERSITY RESEARCH LABS, SMALL BUSINESSES ETC.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON PROCESSOR FRONT READING "DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION" & "DATA PROCESSOR/ PDP-8"/ MFR.'S NAME IN BLACK ON WHITE SYNTHETIC STRIPS/ BRUSHED METAL PLATE READING "DEC" ON TAPE DRIVE/ DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORP. OF CANADA WITH HANDWRITTEN SERIAL NO. 293/ METAL PLATE READING "CANMET/MSL" & "08249"
Missing: UNKNOWN
Finish: GLOSSY MEDIUM BLUE PAINTED CASING/ 2 SIMULATED WOOD GRAIN CASING PANELS/ WHITE & BLACK PAINTED PROCESSOR FRONT PANEL/ GREEN PAINTED TAPE DRIVE CASING WITH TINTED SYNTHETIC COVER/ BRUSHED METAL & PLATED PARTS/ BROWN, BLACK & WHITE SYNTHETIC PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Digital Equipment Corp., Computer, circa 1974, Artifact no. 1984.0777, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1984.0777.001/

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