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- OBJECT TYPE
- MICRO/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/CAD
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2046.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Orcatech Inc.
- MODEL
- ORCA2000
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
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
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Orcatech Inc., Computer, 1984, Artifact no. 1987.2046, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2046.001/
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