General Information

Serial #

26207

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

SYNTHETIC CASING, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC & METAL WORKING PARTS/ GLASS SCREEN/ METAL PLATE COVERING PLACE FOR KEYPAD/ RUBBER FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

46.0 cm

Width

37.0 cm

Height

36.7 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

Digital

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Maynard

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE 1981 TO NOVEMBER 1996

Canada

TERMINAL FOR COMPUTER SYSTEM USED BY NMST FOR 15 YEARS, SUCCEEDING PDP-11/34A USED FROM 1978. VAX SYSTEM WAS LOCATED IN COMPUTER EXHIBIT & OPERATED GAMES ETC. THEREIN. SYSTEM ALSO SUPPORTED ALL ADMINISTRATIVE & COLLECTIONS MANAGEMENT FUNCTIONS. LATTER INITIALLY OPERATED OFF DATATRIEVE SOFTWARE BUT LATER IN-HOUSE "COLLECTION MANAGER" SYSTEM WAS DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE COLLECTION DATA TO INTERNAL USERS.

Function

COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT DEVICE WITH KEYBOARD FOR ENTERING DATA INTO COMPUTER & VIDEO SCREEN FOR DISPLAYING DATA.

Technical

VAX 11 FAMILY OF COMPUTERS WAS INTRODUCED IN 1978 AS SUCCESSOR TO DEC'S VERY SUCCESSFUL PDP-11. ITS 32-BIT ARCHITECTURE & OTHER FEATURES MADE IT EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

SYNTHETIC LABEL ON FRONT WITH INCISED BLACK "digital" & RAISED RED "VT100"/ LABEL ON BACK READS "digital MODEL: VT100-AA SER. NO. PN 26207/ 115 VOLT/ 50/60 Hz 3.0 AMP"

Missing

.2 SOME KEYS FROM AUXILIARY PADS ON KEYBOARD

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CASING/ TEXTURED BLACK SCREEN CASING WITH SMOOTH SCREEN FRAME/ BLACK SYNTHETIC & METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A