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- OBJECT TYPE
- PROCESSING UNIT
- DATE
- 1983
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1999.0110.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Cromemco Inc.
- MODEL
- BLITZ BUS
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 6
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- FERROUS METAL CAGE/ PHENOLIC CARDS WITH METAL CONNECTORS & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 27.7 cm
- Width
- 19.0 cm
- Height
- 25.9 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
- Cromemco
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- C. 1983+
- Canada
-
AMERICAN MADE COMPONENTS ASSEMBLED IN CANADA FOR USE WITH NABU COMPUTERS. DONOR USED THIS ASSEMBLY WITH HIS NABU COMPUTER & CROMEMCO TU-ART INTERFACE (990111). NABU NETWORK WAS UNSUCCESSFUL 1980S CANADIAN INITIATIVE, ONE-WAY COMPUTER NETWORK INTENDED TOPROVIDE USERS WITH LOW COST ACCESS TO WIDE RANGE OF COMPUTER SOFTWARE. - Function
-
INTEGRATED UNIT TO ALLOW FOR ADDITION OF SPECIALIZED CIRCUIT BOARDS TO PERFORM VARIETY OF TASKS RELATED TO INPUT/OUTPUT FUNCTIONS OF COMPUTER; DEPENDING ON COMPUTER, CAGE COULD BE MOUNTED INTERNALLY OR EXTERNALLY. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF HOW FUNCTIONS OF SPECIALIZED CIRCUITS COULD BE COMBINED TO PROVIDE ADDED POWER TO MICRO OR MINICOMPUTER, CA 1978-1984. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON INTEGRAL BOARD READS ALONG ONE EDGE "Cromemco" WITH RAISED "BLITZ BUS MADE IN U.S.A." & COPYRIGHT INFO; WHITE "Blitz B?s" WITH BLACK "CROMEMCO" ON OTHER EDGE/ CONNECTOR ON YELLOW BOARD MARKED "Cromemco 4958/ 017-0020" & BOARD MARKED "CROMEMCO/ EXC-2"
- Missing
- UNKNOWN
- Finish
- UNFINISHED CAGE/ 1 YELLOW, 4 GREEN CARDS WITH BLACK COMPONENTS / GREY CONNECTOR CABLES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Cromemco Inc., Card cage, circa 1983, Artifact no. 1999.0110, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1999.0110.001/
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