General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC PRINT HEAD & CASE

Dimensions

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

Length

10.5 cm

Width

9.7 cm

Height

1.3 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Digital peripheral devices

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Qume

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1980'S

Canada

COMPONENT FOR PRINTER OF OTHERWISE CANADIAN DESIGNED & MADE AES PLUS WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM (SEE 871157). ORIGINAL VERSION, AES 90 (781045, 880552) WAS DEVELOPED BY AES DATA LTD. IN 1974 & WAS EARLY SCREEN TEXT EDITING SYSTEM OF WORLD CLASS QUALITY. INTENSE COMPETITION IN COMPUTER FIELD IN 1960'S LED TO DEMISE OF AES.

Function

THE ELEMENT OF A COMPUTER PRINTER WHICH PRINTS THE TEXT ON THE PAPER, BY MEANS OF CHARACTERS ON THE ENDS OF SPOKES WHICH ARE STRUCK BY A HAMMER & IMPRINTED ON PAPER THROUGH AN INKED RIBBON

Technical

PRINT HEAD FOR AMERICAN MADE QUME PRINTER, PART OF AES DATA LTD.'S AES PLUS WORD PROCESSOR. LIKE MANY COMPANIES, AES USED PERIPHERALS FROM OTHER MFR.'S IN ITS SYSTEM. DAISY-WHEEL PRINT HEAD WAS INTRODUCED IN 1970; IT WAS TWICE AS FAST AS PRINT BALL & SOON REPLACED IT FOR QUALITY WORK. IN DAISY-WHEEL MECHANISM, CHARACTERS ARE LOCATED ON ENDS OF PETAL LIKE SPOKES RADIATING FROM FLAT DISK.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

GOLD LETTERING ON WHEEL READING '83057 BILINGUAL ORATOR 100% 10'

Missing

N/A

Finish

BROWN PRINT HEADS/ COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT CASES

Decoration

RAISED 'Q' ON CASE TOP