General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Case is predominantly metal with a synthetic fuse holder and synthetic-coated power cable. Case interior has transformers made with metal and synthetic materials, as well as synthetic coated wiring. There is a paper label attached to the back of the case. Motherboard is predominantly synthetic with some metal connectors and components. There are some paper labels on the motherboard. The keyboard is synthetic with some metal electrical and mechanical components.

Dimensions

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

Length

33.7 cm

Width

31.6 cm

Height

8.5 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

Multiflex

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Toronto

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

PURCHASED 1984, NOT USED

Canada

AN EXAMPLE OF CANADIAN-MADE COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY, HAVING CIRCUIT BOARDS COPYRIGHTED BY A SMALL CANADIAN FIRM, MULTIFLEX. WITHIN A FEW YEARS MULTIFLEX HAD MOVED OVER TO SELLING PC CLONES (SEE DONOR'S HISTORY FORM IN SUPP.INFO.)

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT DEVICE WHICH (WITH THE ADDITION OF A VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT) COULD BE USED TO ENTER, DISPLAY, TRANSMIT, & RECEIVE DATA TO OR FROM A COMPUTER, PRINTER, MODEM, REMOTE TERMINAL, OR OTHER AUXILIARY DEVICE, IN LOCAL OR REMOTE MODE

Technical

A COMPUTER DEVICE APPARENTLY PURCHASED IN A DISASSEMBLED STATE FOR ASSEMBLY BY THE USER. IT COULD OPERATE INLOCAL MODE AS A STAND-ALONE TERMINAL WITH DATA ENTERED VIA THE KEYBOARD & DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN, OR IN REMOTE MODE WHEREIN THE ENTERED DATA WAS SENT TO A COMPUTER & RETURNED IN A PROCESSED FORM TO BE DISPLAYED ON A SCREEN.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PAPER LABEL ON BACK READS 'MULTIFLEX TECHNOLOGY INC./ TORONTO, ONTARIO/ MULTIFLEX INTELLIGENT TERMINAL/ 120 AC.2AMP/ FUSE; 1/2 AMP SLOW GLOW'/ CIRCUIT BOARD MARKED '[COPYRIGHT] 1982 MULTIFLEX TECH. INC. 82091' & '8209K'/ INSPECTION STICKER READS '84.6.22'/ BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS

Missing

TERMINAL WOULD HAVE CONSISTED OF 2 INDEPENDENT SECTIONS: KEYBOARD WITH ASCII ENCODER & VIDEO UNIT CONTAINING Z-80 MICROPROCESSOR - VIDEO UNIT WAS NOT RECEIVED

Finish

Case has a textured off-white finish with a bare metal grey interior. Attached to the case is a matte grey power cable with brass-coloured (likely plated) contacts. There are gold-coloured screws on the back of the case next to a satin back fuse holder with a textured grip surface, and a grey metallic bare metal RCA-style connector. Motherboard has a matte blue finish and is covered in matte black, yellow, orange and grey electronic components. Attached keyboard has a matte black frame and satin off-white keys with black markings.

Decoration

N/A