Monitor, computer

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OBJECT TYPE: COLOUR
DATE: 1983
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2000.0049.001

MANUFACTURER: Commodore Business Machines Inc.
MODEL: 1702
LOCATION: West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 15836185
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS/ GLASS SCREEN/ METAL PARTS

Dimensions

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Length: 40.0 cm
Width: 37.0 cm
Height: 36.0 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: Commodore
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Pennsylvania
City: West Chester

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1983 +
Canada: WHEN DONOR'S FAMILY BOUGHT COMMODORE 64 COMPUTER, MAINLY FOR GAMES & WORD PROCESSING, THEY BOUGHT MONITOR AS WELL; MANY PURCHASERS OPTED TO HOOK COMPUTER TO TELEVISION INSTEAD OF BUYING MONITOR.
Function: OUTPUT DEVICE FOR MICROCOMPUTER WHICH DISPLAYS DATA GENERATED BY COMPUTER ON SCREEN, IN THIS CASE USUALLY IN FORM OF GAMES OR WORD PROCESSING TEXT.
Technical: INTRODUCED IN 1982, COMMODORE 64 WASFIRST PC WITH REASONABLE COMPUTING POWER TO COST LESS THAN $1000. IT BECAME MOST POPULAR HOME PC IN HISTORY DUE TO TECHNICAL MERIT& GOOD MARKETING. IT BEGAN TREND TO MULTIMEDIA PCS WITH ITS SYNTHESIZER CARD, COLOUR MONITOR, & INTEGRATED SOFTWARE IN ROM (PLUS 4, 1984).
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: SILVER LETTERING ON FRONT READS "commodore"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "VIDEO MONITOR/ MODEL 1702"/ BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ LABEL ON BACK READS "commodore/ MODEL NO. 1702/ AC 120V 60 Hz 0.85A" & "MANUFACTURED AT IWAI PLANT, COMMODORE BUSINESS MACHINES INC./ 1200 WILSON DRIVE, WEST CHESTER, PA 19380/ MANUFACTURED OCTOBER 1983/ SERIAL NO. 15836185/ MADE IN JAPAN"/ WHITE LETTERING ON BACK FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: LIGHT BROWN FRONT CASING WITH DARK BROWN SCREEN FRAME/ DARK BROWN BACK CASING/ GREY SCREEN/ YELLOW & WHITE INPUT JACKS ON FRONT, GREY POWER BUTTON/ BLACK & WHITE POWER CORD
Decoration: SILVER "COMMODORE" LOGO ON FRONT, SAME LOGO IN WHITE ON BACK LABEL

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Commodore Business Machines Inc., Monitor, computer, 1983, Artifact no. 2000.0049, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0049.001/

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