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- OBJECT TYPE
- PORTABLE/INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
- DATE
- 1982
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0013.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Dynalogic Corp. Ltd.
- MODEL
- HYPERION PROTOTYPE
- LOCATION
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- Prototype/10001
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- .1 COMPUTER - SYNTHETIC CASING, CONTROLS & WORKING PARTS; GLASS SCREEN; METAL WORKING PARTS; KEYBOARD - SYNTHETIC CASING, KEYS, CORD COVERING WITH METAL BASE & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 46.0 cm
- Width
- 27.0 cm
- Height
- 22.0 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
- Dynalogic
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Ottawa
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1982
- Canada
-
PART OF COLLECTION OF MOCKUPS, FIRSTPRODUCTION 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
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PORTABLE PERSONAL COMPUTER. ITS SMALL SIZE & KEYBOARD STORAGE BAY MADE IT PORTABLE; RETAIL VERSION WOULD HAVE BEEN SOLD WITH CARRYING CASE ENABLED IT TO BE TRANSPORTED, SO AS TO PROVIDE ITS USER WITH COMPUTER FACILITIES WHILE TRAVELLING. - Technical
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ACCORDING TO MR. BELL, THIS FIRST HYPERION (SERIAL NO. 001) WAS PRODUCED IN JUNE 1982 & SHOWN AT COMDEX COMPUTER EXPO IN ATLANTIC CITY. 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
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Unknown
Details
- Markings
- PLATE ON BACK READS "Dynalogic Corporation Limited/ Ottawa Canada/ Model No. HYPERION/ Serial No. 10001, 115 Volts 2 Amps 60 Hz/ Made in Canada"/ LABEL ON KEYBOARD READS "Dynalogic"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- COMPUTER: TEXTURED BUFF CASING WITH GREY CONTROL & SCREEN PANEL & DISK DRIVE PORTALS; RED & GREY CONTROLS/ KEYBOARD: TEXTURED BUFF CASING, BUFF & GREY KEYS, BLACK CORD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Dynalogic Corp. Ltd., Computer, 1982, Artifact no. 2001.0013, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2001.0013.001/
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