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- OBJECT TYPE
- TRANSISTOR/256K CORE MEMORY
- DATE
- 1977
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1984.1318.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Digital Equipment of Canada Ltd.
- MODEL
- PDP-11/34A
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- AG20413
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CABINET WITH SYNTHETIC FRONT PANELS/ METAL CASINGS FOR CPU & DISK DRIVES WITH SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS/ RUBBER? WHEELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 107.4 cm
- Width
- 76.2 cm
- Height
- 181.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital computing devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Digital
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1978-1984
- Canada
-
COMPUTER USED BY NMST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSES. IT WAS ALSO USED FOR COLLECTION MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ARTIFACT DATABASE, UTILIZING A DATA RETRIEVAL SYSTEM DEVELOPED IN HOUSE. - Function
-
A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE THAT ACCEPTS & PROCESSES DATA, DISPLAYING IT ON AN ASSOCIATED DISPLAY SCREEN. THIS MINICOMPUTER SYSTEM CONSISTS OF A CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT USED TO PROCESS DATA & 3 DISK DRIVES USED TO STORE IT ON DISKS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF MINI COMPUTER OF DEC'S 16 BIT PDP-11 FAMILY, WHICH GREW FROM PPP-11/20 IN 1970. BY END OF DECADE PDP-11 WAS DEC'S MAIN PRODUCT FAMILY & MOST WIDELY USED MINI-COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE IN WORLD. IT WAS LAST OF PDP'S, SUPERCEDED BY VAX-11. PDP-11/34A DIFFERED FROM MODEL 34 IN THAT IT HAD FLOATING POINT OPTION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- SILVER LETTERING ON PURPLE & PINK SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL READS 'digital pdp11/ digital equipment of canada, ltd.'/ SILVER LETTERING ON PROCESSOR FRONT PANEL READS 'digital pdp11/34'/ DECAL ON PROCESSOR CASING SIDE READS 'digital/ MODEL 11/34A LE/ 120 VOLTS 12 AMPS/ 60 Hz SN: AG20413'/ DECAL ON SIDE OF EACH DISK DRIVE READS 'digital MODEL/ RL01/ SER. NO. CX06746'; 'digital MODEL/ RL01/ SER. NO. CX05714'; 'digital MODEL/ RL01-A/ SER.NO. CX11899'/ DECAL ON SIDE OF EACH DISK DRIVE READS 'digital/ EQUIPMENT/ CORPORATION'/ DECAL READING 'N.M.C./M.N.C./ 30970' ON CASING
- Missing
- DISK DRIVE CONTROLLER?
- Finish
- TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CABINET WITH BLACK TEXTURED REAR DOORS/ 2 UPPER FRONT SYNTHETIC PANELS COLOURED PURPLE & PINK WITH GREY EDGING & BLACK SIDES/ LOWER FRONT APENSL TEXTURED BLACK SYNTHETIC WITH BEIGE EDGING & SIDES/ TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASINGS FOR CPU & DISK DRIVES/ BLACK PANEL FOR CPU CONTROLS ON FRONT WITH BLACK BUTTONS & DIAL/ YELLOW, RED, & WHITE PUSH BUTTONS ON DISK DRIVE
- Decoration
- DECALS ON CASING BACK DOORS READ 'DIGITAL 1PH MODEL H960-CF/ 120 VOLT 2+G WIRE CAB 1/ 60HZ 24 AMP SN:KA-7901334C' & 'DIGITAL 1 PH MODEL SM-30LLA-LA/ 120 VOLT 2+G WIRE CAB 0/ 60 HZ 24 AMP SN: KA-79010234C'/ WHITE LETTERING ON PROCESSOR CONTROLS/ BLACK LETTERING ON DISK DRIVE BUTTONS
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