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OBJECT TYPE: DEVELOPMENTAL/MICRO/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0479.002

MANUFACTURER: Intel Corp.
MODEL: ICE-88A
LOCATION: Santa Clara, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 236
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 7
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CIRCUIT BOARD WITH SYNTHETIC & METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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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: WHITE LETTERING READS "INTELLEC (R)/ ice-88 (TM)/ MODULE" & "intel (R)"; LABEL READS "intel (R)" & "P/C ICE 88/ S/N FN 0236"
Missing: N/A
Finish: BLUE PAINTED CASING WITH MULTICOLOURED CABLES & PARTS
Decoration: N/A

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Intel Corp., Interface, circa 1981, Artifact no. 1997.0479, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0479.002/

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