Keyboard, computer

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OBJECT TYPE: CHORDED/6 KEY/PORTABLE
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2003.0188.001

MANUFACTURER: Microwriter Ltd.
MODEL: MICROWRITER MW 4
LOCATION: London, England

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General Information

Serial #: 41953
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1 SYNTHETIC CASING & PARTS; METAL PARTS/.2 LEATHER WITH METAL HARDWARE

Dimensions

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

Length: 23.0 cm
Width: 11.5 cm
Height: 4.8 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: Microwriter
Country: England
State/Province: Unknown
City: London

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: EARLY 1980S+
Canada: BRITISH MADE DATA ENTRY DEVICE PURCHASED FOR APPROX. $600 BY MR. CALAMAI, WHO IS LONG TIME STAFF WRITER OF TORONTO STAR NEWSPAPER POSTED IN OTTAWA.'
Function: DEVICE USED TO INPUT DATA INTO COMPUTER; IT COULD BE ATTACHED DIRECTLY TO COMPUTER & ALSO HAD BUILT-IN 1600-WORD MEMORY & BATTERY POWER.
Technical: EXAMPLE OF "CHORDED" KEYBOARD WHICH USED COMBINATION OF KEYS PRESSED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO FORM EACH LETTER. MICROWRITER HAD 5 KEY KEYBOARD FOR RIGHT HAND (4 FOR FINGERS, 1 FOR THUMB) & 1 COMMAND KEY. IT WAS INVENTED BY CY ENDFIELD, BUSINESSMAN, INNOVATOR & FILM DIRECTOR, & CHRIS RAINEY &WAS PRODUCED FROM EARLY TO MID 1980S.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BLACK LETTERING ON CASING TOP READS "microwriter"/ BLACK LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "microwriter/ MODEL MW 4/ SERIAL NO41953/ Microwriter Ltd. London, WC1"/
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE - NO CABLE FOR CONNECTION TO COMPUTER
Finish: DARK BROWN BASE/ TAN UPPER CASING/ DARK BROWN BUTTONS/ BLACK FEET
Decoration: N/A

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Microwriter Ltd., Keyboard, computer, circa 1982, Artifact no. 2003.0188, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/2003.0188.001/

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