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- OBJECT TYPE
- minicomputer
- DATE
- 1980
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1993.0188.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Gerber Scientific Instrument Co.
- MODEL
- 4300
- LOCATION
- Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 175
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL TAPE DRIVE CASING, SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 83.5 cm
- Width
- 59.4 cm
- Height
- 178.5 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
- Gerber
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- Hartford
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C.1980-1990
- Canada
-
AMERICAN MADE TECHNOLOGY USED BY CANADIAN FIRM,NORTHWAY HAPPING TECHNOLOGY OF TORONTO, IN GENERATION OF COMPUTERIZED MAPS OF CANADA. IN 1990 SYSTEM WAS PURCHASED BY GENTIAN ELECTRONICS IN ORDER TO REFURBISH & USE IT BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR. - Function
-
THE COMPUTERIZED CONTROL UNIT FOR A DRUM PLOTTER USED TO PRODUCE MAPS FROM DIGITIZED DATA. THE MINI COMPUTER ACCEPTS DATA FROM THE MAGNETIC DRIVE & PROCESSES IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARAMETERS ENTERED BY THE OPERATOR OR INCLUDED IN THE DATA. THE DATA IS OUTPUT BY THE PLOTTER IN THE FORM OF GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS. - Technical
-
CONTROL UNIT FOR DRUM PLOTTER DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERING DRAFTING BUT ALSO SUITABLE FOR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. INTEGRAL HP-1000 MINI COMPUTER WAS STATE-OF-THE-ART MACHINE & WAS GOOD CHOICE FOR THE APPLICATION. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON BLACK SYNTHETIC PLATE ON FRONT READS '[LOGO] MODEL 4300'/ PLATE ON BACK READS 'THE GERBER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO./ HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT/ MODEL 4300 SER., NO. 175'/ WHITE LETTERING ON CONTROL PANEL FOR CONTROLS & READING 'GERBER SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT CO./ HARTFORD CONNECTICUT'/ WHITE & BLUELETTERING ON COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL READS 'HEWLETT-PACKARD/ HP 1000/ M SERIES COMPUTER'/ INTERIOR DECAL ON COMPUTER READS 'HEWLETT-PACKARD/ WARRANTY/ DATA SYSTEMS DIV. (22)/ SHIP. DATE 4-4-80' & 'MADE IN U.S.A.'; PLATE READS '110 V/ 8A MAX./ 47.5-66Hz/ 625 WATTS MAX.'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED BACK PANEL/ LIGHT GREY & BLACK TEXTURED TAPE DRIVE CASING, 'SMOKED' SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER, & BLACK CONTROLS/ TEXTURED RED-BROWN PAINTED CONTROL PANEL, 'SMOKED' SYNTHETIC HINGED COVER, RED & BLACK CONTROLS/ TEXTURED BLACK PAINTED FRONT CASING & PANELS, METALLIC TRIM ON FRONT/ BUFF ENAMEL PAINTED COMPUTER CASING FRONT WITH BLACK SYNTHETIC CONTROL PANEL
- Decoration
- METALLIC HEWLETT-PACKARD LOGO PLATE ON COMPUTER CONTROL PANEL/ WHITE GERBER LOGO ON TAPE DRIVE COVER
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Gerber Scientific Instrument Co., Control unit, circa 1980, Artifact no. 1993.0188, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1993.0188.001/
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