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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT/256 K
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0015.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Bytec-Comterm Inc.
- MODEL
- HYPERION 3032
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- A13,110
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- COMPUTER - SYNTHETIC CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS; GLASS SCREEN; METAL PARTS; KEYBOARD - SYNTHETIC CASING WITH METAL BASE, SYNTHETIC KEYS, CORD COVERING, PARTS, METAL PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.1 cm
- Width
- 28.5 cm
- Height
- 22.6 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
- Bytec
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
PART OF COLLECTION OF MOCKUPS, FIRST PRODUCTION MODEL, PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS & MANUALS RELATING TO HYPERION COMPUTER, DONATED BY C. MURRAY BELL, FOUNDER OF DYNALOGIC CORP. OF OTTAWA & DEVELOPER OF HYPERION. HYPERION WAS FIRST CANADIAN DESIGNED & MFD. PORTABLE COMPUTER, APPEARING YEAR AFTER 1ST PORTABLE, AMERICAN OSBORNE. - Function
-
PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE & KEYBOARD STORAGE BAY, & ACCOMPANYING CARRYING CASE ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES WHILE TRAVELLING. - Technical
-
ACCORDING TO MR. BELL, THIS IS EXAMPLE OF LATER MK II VERSION OF HYPERION, WITH INTERNAL & SOFTWARE MODIFICATIONS. HYPERION APPEARED AFTER FIRST PORTABLE COMPUTER, OSBORNE, & HAD LARGER MEMORY LARGER, AMBER SCREEN; LARGER DISK DRIVE CAPACITY; MS-DOS OPERATING SYSTEM. IT WAS MADE BETWEEN 1983 & 1985. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- COMPUTER: LABEL ON UNDERSIDE READS IN PART "BYTEC-COMTERM INC./ Ottawa, Canada/ Model Number 3032/ Serial Number A13,110/ Date Code 0864/ 120 VAC 60Hz 90W" WITH FCC INFO.; INDENTED "Hyperion" ON CASING FRONT/ KEYBOARD: RAISED "Hyperion" ON TOP,BLACK LETTERING ON KEYS
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COMPUTER - TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH GREY FRAME FOR SCREEN, YELLOW CONTROL; KEYBOARD - TEXTURED BUFF CASING & CORD, BUFF & GREY KEYS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Bytec-Comterm Inc., Computer, circa 1984, Artifact no. 2001.0015, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0015.001/
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