General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

4

Total Parts

13

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Synthetic casing and wire coverings with metal contacts and parts.

Dimensions

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

Length

12.1 cm

Width

4.9 cm

Height

3.2 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

EG&G

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Salem

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 BUT THIS DID NOT OCCUR AS TECHNOLOGY WAS SLOW & OUTDATED BY 1990'S STANDARDS.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

Function not fully apparent at this time.

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

On the label on the proper front: "[logo] EG&G ELECTRO-OPTICS/ SALEN, MASSACHUSETTS/ 1 MCP-1/FY 900 2/ MADE IN U.S.A."

Missing

Appears complete

Finish

Predominantly black body with white translucent base piece, brass-coloured pegs, red and black wire coverings, and a white label with black and red markings.

Decoration

N/A