General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

179.0 cm

Width

83.0 cm

Height

129.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Exploration and Survey

Category

Survey equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Gerber

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Connecticut

City

Hartford

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

C.1977-1990

Canada

AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT USED BY CANADIAN FIRM, NORTHWAY MAPPING TECHNOLOGY OF TORONTO, IN GENERATION OF COMPUTERIZED MAPS OF CANADA. IN 1990 IT WAS PURCHASED BY GENTIAN ELECTRONICS IN ORDER TO REFURBISH & OPERATE EQUIPMENT. BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR AS TECHNOLOGY WAS SLOW & OUTDATED BY 1990'S STANDARDS.

Function

A COMPUTER CONTROLLED DEVICE WHICH PRODUCED HIGH QUALITY GRAPHICS FROM DIGITIZED DATA, CREATING DRAWINGS UP TO 47X38 IN. IN SIZE USING A 4 PEN HEAD, OR PHOTOPLOTTING. PRIMARILY USED FOR MAPPING, IT COULD BE USED TO PRODUCE SCHEMATICS & OTHER DRAWINGS AS WELL AS GRAPHICAL PRESENTATIONS OF COMPUTER GENERATED DATA.

Technical

EARLY DRUM PLOTTER DESIGNED FOR ENGINEERING DRAFTING BUT ALSO SUITABLE FOR OTHER COMPUTER APPLICATIONS. IT REPRESENTS SIGNIFICANT CHANGE FROM & IMPROVEMENT OVER EARLIER PLOTTERS, & IS FROM PERIOD WHEN APPLICATION OF MINI COMPUTERS WAS BEING WIDELY EXTENDED TO CONTROL OF PROCESSES & OPERATIONS SUCH AS TECHNICAL DRAWING. IT CONTAINED STATE-OF-THE-ART MINI COMPUTER & DRUM-CONTROLLING SOFTWARE & MOTORS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

PLATE ON FRONT READS 'GERBER 42'

Missing

N/A

Finish

TEXTURED BUFF PAINTED CASING WITH TEXTURED RED-BROWN PAINTED LOWER CASING PANELS & CONTROL PANEL/ BLACK, WHITE, & RED SYNTHETIC CONTROLS/ BLACK PAINTED DRUM/ PLATED & METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A