General Information

Serial #

2-437

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING/ METAL CHASSIS & INTERIOR FRAME/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

55.5 cm

Width

55.5 cm

Height

74.0 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

Orcatech

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Ottawa

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1984-1987

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF COMPUTER EQUIPMENT MADE & USED IN CANADA. IT REPRESENTS AN ATTEMPT BY A CANADIAN COMPANY TO GET INTO THE COMPUTER-AIDED-DESIGN MARKET

Function

A PROGRAMMABLE MACHINE ABLE TO ACCEPT & PROCESS DATA. THIS SMALL COMPUTER WAS PART OF A SYSTEM USED FOR COMPUTER-AIDED-DESIGN.

Technical

AN EXAMPLE OF AN EARLY CAD SYSTEM, PRODUCED AT A TIME WHEN THE FIELD WAS IN ITS BEGINNINGS. ITWAS ACQUIRED BY NMST AS A DRAFTING TOOL, BUT ACCORDING TO ITS USERS, DIFFICULTY IN OBTAINING SOFTWARE LIMITED ITS USEFULNESS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

DECALS INSIDE CASING AT BACK READ 'ORCATECH SYSTEM # 2-437/ MADE IN CANADA' & 'ACCEPTED/ BY C.C. DATE 29/03/84'/ COMPONENT FRONT CASINGS MARKED IN WHITE & BLUE 'ORCA2000' & 'FLEXIBLE DISK'; 'ORCA2000' & 'GRAPHICS'; 'ORCA2000' & 'APPLICATION'; 'ORCA2000' & 'HARD DISK'/ COMPONENT CHASSIS BACKS STAMPED IN BLACK (IN SAME ORDER' '117V 100W/ FUSE 4ASB/ MODEL D01/ SERIAL A00930'; '117V 125W/ FUSE 4ASB/ MODEL MO2/ SERIAL A03506'; '117V 125W/ FUSE 4ASB/ MODEL M01/ SERIAL A03502'; '117V 200W/ FUSE 4ASB/ MODEL D03/ SERIAL A03426' (SERIAL NOS. ON WHITE STICKERS)/ DECAL READING 'N.M.C./M.N.C./ 24963'

Missing

N/A

Finish

LIGHT GREY TEXTURED CASING/ DARK GREY TEXTURED COMPONENT FRONTS/ BLACK ENAMEL PAINTED INTERIOR FRAME/ METALLIC PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A