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- OBJECT TYPE
- SCSI CARD
- DATE
- 1992
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0048.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Corel Systems Corp.
- MODEL
- LS-2000
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 27668
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 PHENOLIC BOARD WITH SYNTHETIC & METAL (COPPER, ALUMINUM) COMPONENTS, EPOXY/.2 SYNTHETIC & METAL IN PLASTIC BAG/.3 PLATIC WITH PAPER LABEL
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.7 cm
- Width
- 12.8 cm
- Height
- 2.2 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
- Corel
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1990S
- Canada
-
MADE BY WELL KNOWN CANADIAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPER COREL SYSTEMS INC., WHICH DABBLED BRIEFLY IN MFG. OF HARDWARE FOR PCS. THESE SCSI BOARDS WERE BUNDLED WITHCOMPUTERS ASSEMBLED BY OTHER MFRS. COREL'S FORAY INTO HARDWARE WAS SHORTLIVED, CHARACTERISTIC OF COMPANY THAT SEVERAL NEW DIRECTIONS WERE ATTEMPTED & DROPPED DUE FAILURE TO MEET EXPECTATIONS. - Function
-
ELECTRONICS BOARD WHICH IS INSET IN IBM PC OR OTHER COMPATIBLE COMPUTER TO PROVIDE SCSI (SMALL COMPUTER SERIAL INTERFACE) CONNECTIONS TO EXTERNAL HARDWARE DEVICES. IT WAS USED TO PROVIDE SIGNALS TO/FROM EXTERNAL HARD DRIVES, SCANNERS & COMPACT DISK PLAYERS. - Technical
-
EXAMPLE OF LSI (LARGE SCALE INTEGRATION) TECHNOLOGY TO PROVIDE INTERFACE BETWEEN PC-TYPE COMPUTER & EXTERNAL HARDWARE. ADVANTAGE OF SCSI TECHNOLOGY WAS SPEED & FLEXIBILITY FOR DATA TRANSFER TO PERIPHERALS; DISADVANTAGE WAS THAT EACH EXTERNAL DEVICE NEEDED UNIQUE ID NUMBER IN SCSI CHAIN. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PAPER LABEL ON METAL EDGE READS "COREL LS-2000/ CARD"; PAPER LABEL ON COMPONENT READS "Corel Systems Corp/. LS2000 Bios/ Ver. 1.8. (c) 1990, 1991, 1992"; PAPER LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS "FCC ID: IEK900101LS2000PC/ LS2000 S/N 27668/ MADE IN CANADA".
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- GREEN BOARD WITH PLATED METAL EDGE; BLACK, YELLOWM GREEN, BLUE COMPONENTS; PLATED, COPPER COLOURED & METALLIC PARTS.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Corel Systems Corp., Card, plug-in, 1992, Artifact no. 2000.0048, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0048.001/
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