Artifact Details

Title

Molecular computer

Catalog Number

102629065

Type

Physical object

Description

The object is a computer server chassis and enclosure. It has one 8-inch floppy disk drive at the front. Below the floppy disk drive is a cartridge-type tape drive with an access slot for the tape. The top portion of the rear of the unit has a fan, power cord socket, and a toggle switch for power.

There are also two 25-pin female D-type connectors and a round 5-pin keyboard-type connector. The lower portion of the back of the unit is a card cage containing two columns of 16 card slots each. Eighteen of these slots are populated with Z-80 microprocessor boards matching the separately cataloged "Molecular computer circuit board." (See Item #102711790).

Date

1984 ca.

Manufacturer

Molecular Computer

Place Manufactured

U.S.

Identifying Numbers

Model number 35-32 Printed on a manufacturer's label affixed to the back of the object
Serial number 20024 Printed on a manufacturer's label affixed to the back of the object

Dimensions

overall: 23 7/8 in x 12 1/4 in x 31 1/4 in

Category

Digital computer/personal computer/desktop

Credit

Gift of Phil Marcelis

Lot Number

X5366.2009