General Information

Serial #

EX0540/ HX1958

Part Number

1

Total Parts

7

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL & SYNTHETIC CPU CASING/ SYNTHETIC FRONT PANEL, CABLES, PARTS/ METAL MODULE CASING WITH SYNTHETIC CABLES, PARTS/ RUBBER FEET/.2 METAL CASING & PTS WITH SYNTHETIC PARTS & CABLES/.2-.3 SYNTHETIC CIRCUIT BOARDS WITH SYNTHETIC & METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

50.5 cm

Width

44.1 cm

Height

12.2 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Computing Technology

Category

Development & maintenance equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Intel

Country

United States of America

State/Province

California

City

Santa Clara

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1981+

Canada

AMERICAN MADE EQUIPMENT, USED BY OTTAWA COMPUTER COMPANY UNTIL IT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. EMPLOYEES WERE PERMITTED TO TAKE EQUIPMENT & ONE SUCH GAVE THIS COMPUTER TO DONOR WHILE BOTH WORKED AT GANDALF. LATTER USED IT FOR PERSONAL USE BUT ALSO TO DEVELOP PRODUCTS FOR CLIENTS.

Function

EMULATOR & INTERFACE UNITS OF COMPUTER SYSTEM USED TO DEVELOP PC MOTHER BOARDS, ROM BIOS INSTRUCTION SETS, ETC. & TO TEST HARDWARE & SOFTWARE PRODUCTS. EMULATOR MODULE PROVIDES IN-CIRCUIT EMULATION FOR MICROPROCESSOR, BY MEANS OF INTERFACE & CABLE LINKING IT TO USER SYSTEM.

Technical

PART OF SYSTEM WHICH IS EXAMPLE OF EARLY 1980S MICROCOMPUTER DEVELOPMENT EQUIPMENT. DIFFERENT MODULES COULD BE ATTACHED TO CPU TO EMULATE SPECIFIC INTEL MICROCHHIPS. COMPUTER COULD THEN EMULATE PC WITH THAT CHIP TO RUN SOFTWARE TO ANALYSE OPERATION OF HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE, & ENABLE IMPROVEMENTS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLUE & SILVER LABELON BACK READS "Intel/ S/N EX0540 MODEL iMDX 201/ VOLTAGE 115 V/ FREQUENCY 60 HZ/ CURRENT 3.0 AMPS/ Made in U.S.A."; WHITE "(C) Intel (R)" ON FRONT/ BLACK LETTERING ON ATTACHED MODULE READS "INTELLEC (R)/ ice-88A (TM)/ MODULE" & "intel (R)"; LABEL READS "intel (R)" & "P/C ICE88A/ S/N HX1958"

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF CPU CASING WITH TEXTURED BLACK CASING FRONT PANEL/ BLACK & COLOURLESS TRANSPARENT PARTS ON BACK PANEL/ TEXTURED BUFF MODULE CASING/ BLACK & MULTICOLOURED CABLES/ BLACK FEET

Decoration

N/A