General Information

Serial #

CT 01308

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING WITH SYNTHETIC DISPLAY SCREEN & FRAME/ METAL & SYNTHETIC PARTS/ RUBBER? FEET

Dimensions

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

Length

36.4 cm

Width

31.5 cm

Height

13.0 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

MITS

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Mexico

City

Albuquerque

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

AMERICAN DEVELOPED & MANUFACTURED TECHNOLOGY MARKETED IN CANADA. THIS TERMINALWAS PURCHASED & USED BY DONOR'S FATHER.

Function

A COMPUTER INPUT-OUTPUT & COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE WHICH COULD BE USED AS A MODEM TO CONNECT TO A REMOTE COMPUTER VIA TELEPHONE LINES, OR BE CONNECTED DIRECTLY TO AN ON-SITE COMPUTER. THE KEYBOARD & DISPLAY SCREEN WERE USED TO ENTER & DISPLAY DATA TRANSMITTED TO OR RECEIVED FROM THE COMPUTER.

Technical

Example of mid 1970's passive / nonprogrammable terminal containing modem which enabled it to be connected to a remote computer. It was made by MITS Inc., maker of the Altair 8800, the first successful personal computer.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

STICKER ON BACK READS 'MITS, inc./ ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, U.S.A./ SERIAL NO./ CT 01308'/ WHITE LETTERING ON FRONT READING 'MITS/ CT256'/ WHITE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS OF FRONT & BACK

Missing

N/A

Finish

SLIGHTLY TEXTURED LIGHT GREY PAINTED CASING TOP & SIDES, DARK GREY FRONT & BACK/ BLACK SYNTHETIC SCREEN FRAME, SWITCHES, TELEPHONE RECEPTACLES, POWER CORD, FEET

Decoration

N/A