9 10 106 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/997a224b48c23b7236caffb68617d08b.jpg 4d5ec711d7b38b805cb5701f49522768 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Megatel Quark/100 Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: single-board computer Description An account of the resource The Quark/100 single-board computer was designed and manufactured by Megatel Computer Technologies -- a Toronto-based company that specialized in designing and manufacturing of small format single-board computers for OEM market. It was released around 1984. The Quark/100 technical specifications: <ul> <li>CPU: Z80</li> <li>RAM: 128KB</li> <li>ROM: 512B</li> <li>Programmable Character Set memory:  2KB</li> <li>external storage: can be interfaced with 3.5",  5.25", and 8" diskette drives</li> <li>display: can be used with most direct-drive and composite monitors that can display 80 characters per row</li> <li>keyboard: can use most ASCII encoded 7- or 8-bit parallel output keyboards</li> </ul> The Quark/100 could also be used with a computer terminal providing both the display and keyboard. Such terminals must offer a full-duplex RS-232C asynchronous serial interface capable of operating at 1200 baud. Museum holdings: <ul> <li>Megatel Quark computer (serial nr. 100221) </li> <li>The Megatel Quark Family of Component Computers. Megatel Quark Manual For CP/M Plus, Megatel Computer Corp. (1984)</li> <li>The Megatel Quark/100 Single Board Computer, Megatel Computer Technologies (1984)</li> <li>Megatel Quark/100 Complete Component Microcomputer, Megatel Computer Corp.  (1984)</li> <li>The Megatel Quark/100 Single Board Computer,</li> <li>The Megatel Quark/300 schematic diagram (1984)</li> <li>Quark/300 Component Microcomputer with Hard Disk Controller, Megatel Computer Technologies (1984)</li> <li>Quark Transition Board QTB-3 User's Manual, Megatel Computer Technologies (1984)</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Megatel Computer Technologies Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980s single-board computer https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/338bd9988382dc02f8ce5bddab52cde6.png 0fe7cc6f703bca479f40628e53da15a4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Kobo eReader Subject The topic of the resource hardware: e-reader Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) Possibly the earliest attempt to create a publicly accessible digital library of books was Project Gutenberg, initiated by Michael S. Hart in 1971. Initially, its Electronic Public Library texts were stored in plain ASCII format on a Xerox Sigma V mainframe computer at the Materials Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois.    The Project Gutenberg Philosophy is to make information, books and other materials available to the general public in     forms [such as ASCII] a vast majority of the computers, programs and people can easily read, use, quote, and search.     [M. Hart, The History and Philosophy of Project Gutenberg, 1992.] Project Gutenberg reached its 1,000th e-book in 1996, and by 2025 the collection had grown to more than 75,000 titles. The privatization of the Internet and the creation of the World Wide Web in the mid-1990s offered an opportunity to sell e-books online. Bibliobytes, one of the earliest online e-book distribution sites, was founded in 1993 and offered both free and commercial e-books over the Internet. In Canada, Bookshelf.ca—the country’s first online bookstore—opened in 1995 in Guelph, Ontario. The e-book reading era had begun. The popularization of personal digital gadgets in the consumer electronics market—beginning with handheld calculators and pagers, and later including mobile phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld and tablet computers—made the creation of dedicated portable e-reading devices, known as e-readers, the next logical step in the development of e-book services. The first e-readers appeared in the late 1990s. The NuvoMedia Rocket eBook and the SoftBook Reader were introduced in 1998. Sony released the Librie in 2004, the first commercial e-reader to use an electronic paper display (E Ink) developed by E Ink Corporation. In 2007, Amazon launched the original Kindle, inaugurating a highly successful line of e-readers. By 2010, more than 200 mainstream and niche companies were offering e-reading devices, including Toronto-based Kobo Inc., which introduced its Kobo eReader that year. In 2025, the e-reader market was dominated by Amazon Kindle, with Rakuten Kobo maintaining a strong presence in Canada, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific regions. The market was estimated at around USD 8.5 billion, with forecasts predicting steady growth throughout the decade, driven by continued consumer demand for digital reading formats and portable, eye-friendly screens. Emerging trends—such as larger color E Ink displays and a range of AI features that expand the use of these devices beyond traditional reading—further blurred the lines between e-readers and digital notebooks and tablets. Kobo Inc. The Kobo eReader was launched by Kobo Inc. on March 24, 2010, with first deliveries scheduled for May of that year. However, the origins of the device date back to 2006, when Canadian entrepreneur Michael Serbinis joined Indigo Books and Music, Canada’s largest bookstore chain. Since joining Indigo, Serbinis had been developing the idea of a mobile web-based e-reading service that would allow authors and publishers to offer their texts as e-books, while enabling consumers to access and read their selections in a “device-neutral” way anytime, anywhere, on any device. In the end, such a platform—Shortcovers—was launched by Indigo in 2009. Michael Tamblyn, who was hired by Serbinis that year, played a key role in the Shortcovers venture, bringing a wealth of experience as a co-founder of Bookshelf.ca, Canada’s first online bookstore (acquired by Indigo in 1998). Less than a year after going live, Shortcovers was providing e-content in Adobe EPUB format to customers in over 200 countries. It offered e-reading applications for a wide range of devices, including Apple iPhone, RIM BlackBerry, Palm Pre, Google Android smartphones, as well as Apple and PC desktops, and any e-reader compatible with EPUB format, such as the Barnes & Noble Nook or Sony Reader. On December 15, 2009, with funding from Indigo, Borders Group, Inc. (U.S.), Cheung Kong Holdings (Hong Kong), and REDGroup Retail (Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore), Shortcovers formally spun out from Indigo to operate under the name Kobo, Inc., with Michael Serbinis as CEO. The rebranded company continued its cross-platform e-book service approach, expanding its platform with additional smartphone, desktop, and tablet reading software, and introducing its own dedicated e-reader devices. It built a strong consortium of investors, publishers, retailers, and device manufacturers worldwide, establishing a global e-reading service with a distribution network covering the U.S., Canada, the U.K., the European Union, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and other regions.    We believe consumers want choice, and the freedom to read on any device. Building great eReading applications and     partnering with leading device manufacturers is a recipe for success in this quickly growing market. [Michael Serbinis, 2010] The first Kobo e-reader was launched on March 24, 2010, with initial deliveries in May of that year. An upgraded version, the Kobo WiFi, was released in October. Sales of Kobo's e-readers through retail outlets such as Indigo, Future Shop, and Borders were strong, generating close to $100 million in revenue during the first year alone . In 2011, Kobo was acquired by Rakuten Group, Inc., a Japanese technology conglomerate based in Tokyo, while Kobo’s headquarters remained in Toronto. With Rakuten’s network of over 50 million customers worldwide, Kobo was able to expand internationally more quickly. Three years later, Michael Serbinis stepped down as Kobo’s CEO and was succeeded by Takahito Aiki, with Michael Tamblyn becoming president. In 2016, Tamblyn replaced Aiki as Kobo’s CEO. Over the years, Kobo has continually enhanced its e-readers through software and hardware improvements, releasing a wide variety of devices listed below. Kobo eReader The Kobo eReader was a black-and-white device featuring a 6-inch, 8-tone grayscale E Ink screen. It was designed without Wi-Fi connectivity; instead, titles in EPUB or PDF formats had to be downloaded to a desktop using an appropriate Kobo desktop application and then transferred to the e-reader using a USB cable. Kobo e-books could also be loaded over Bluetooth from a compatible PC or smartphone. The device offered 1 GB of storage, less than other e-readers such as Kindle (2 GB). It could store up to 1,000 e-books and came preloaded with 100 public domain titles. Storage could be expanded by up to 4 GB using an SD card. Although the Kobo eReader lacked some of the features found in other e-readers, it was inexpensive ($150 at launch) and praised for its responsive and intuitive e-reading interface, as well as several unique design choices. Most buttons were positioned on the side to reduce accidental presses, while a large blue four-way navigation button on the front allowed for easy page navigation. The device featured a quilted rubber backing to improve grip and prevent it from sliding off surfaces. The Kobo eReader was designed by  Ian Barlow, Pamela Hilborn, Jeff Howard, and Tai Toh with engineering support from  Fred Atangan Robert Beghian, Lee Chew, Louis-Philippe Gagnon, Sameer Hasan, Nazuk Jain, Dan Leibu, Jean-Philippe Lemieux, David Lifshitz, and Sergey Perunov. Kobo e-readers 2010-2024 (after: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobo_eReader) <table> <tbody> <tr style="background-color: lightblue;"> <th>NAME</th> <th>MODEL</th> <th>DATE of release</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo eReade</th> <th>N416</th> <th>May 2010</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo WiFi</th> <th>N289</th> <th>October 2010</th> </tr> <tr> <th>obo Touch</th> <th>N905</th> <th>May 2011</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Glo</th> <th>B613</th> <th>September 2012</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Mini</th> <th>N705</th> <th>September 2012</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura HD</th> <th>N204B</th> <th>April 2013</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura</th> <th>N514</th> <th>August 2013</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura H2O</th> <th>N250</th> <th>October 2014</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Glo HD</th> <th>N437</th> <th>May 2015</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Touch 2.0</th> <th>N587</th> <th>September 2015</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura Edition 2</th> <th>N236</th> <th>September 2016</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura One</th> <th>N709</th> <th>September 2016</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Aura H2O Edition 2</th> <th>N867</th> <th>May 2017</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Clara HD</th> <th>N249</th> <th>June 2018</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Forma</th> <th>N782</th> <th>October 2018</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Libra H2O</th> <th>N873</th> <th>September 2019</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Nia</th> <th>N306</th> <th>July 2020</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Elipsa</th> <th>N604</th> <th>June 2021</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Libra 2</th> <th>N418</th> <th>October 2021</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Sage</th> <th>N778</th> <th>October 2021</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Clara</th> <th>N506</th> <th>September 2022</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Elipsa 2E</th> <th>N605</th> <th>Mid 2023</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Libra Colour</th> <th>N428</th> <th>April 2024</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Clara BW</th> <th>N365</th> <th>April 2024</th> </tr> <tr> <th>Kobo Clara Colour</th> <th>N367</th> <th>April 2024</th> </tr> </tbody> </table> Kobo eReader, technical specifications <ul> <li>display: 6-inch E Ink display with 8 level grayscale; 600x800 resolution</li> <li>display formats:  ePub and PDF</li> <li>fonts: 5 font sizes and two types: Georgia (serif) and Trebuchet (sans-serif)</li> <li>processor: Freescale Semiconductor (?)</li> <li>memory: 1 GB; SD card slot up to 4 GB</li> <li>storage capacity: up to 1000 eBooks</li> <li>connectivity: USB and Bluetooth (with selected smartphones and tablets)</li> <li>battery life: up to 8,000 page turns (approx. 2 weeks)</li> <li>dimensions: 120mm x 184mm x 10mm.</li> <li>weight: 221g</li> </ul> Museum holdings <ul> <li>Kobo eReader, model N416 and its documentation,</li> <li>Kobo Desktop Application, Mac OS Setup, Kobo Inc., 2010,</li> <li>Kobo Desktop Application, Windows Setup, Kobo Inc., 2010,</li> <li>Kobo eReader User Guide,  Kobo Inc., 2010,</li> <li>Kobo eReader Quick Start Guide,  Kobo Inc., 2010.</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kobo Inc., 364 Richmond Street West, Suite 300, Toronto, Canada. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 2010 -- e-reader https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/1b79c82960a8dde2aa22c42008becbcc.png 44dcaaa44f7a6f584b9c845915f4653c Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource SBC6809 Lab-mate computer Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In April 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, CA, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor, the 8008. Shortly after, the company introduced the 8008-powered SIM8-01 single-board computer designed as a trainer and a software development system for the 8008-based applications. The introduction of this novel hardware marked more than just a leap in microprogrammable controller technology. Within months, prototypes of the first general-purpose computers powered by the 8008 chip were operational on-site at the French company Réalisations et Études Électroniques located in the suburbs of Paris and at Micro Computer Machines with headquarters situated on the outskirts of Toronto. The SIM8-01 board generated the first wave of computer hobby activities in North America. It also became an educational tool that enabled electrical engineering students to gain a deep understanding and appreciation of this new microprocessor technology. In 1973, the SIM8-01 board became the primary hardware at the newly established digital design labs at the University of Maryland and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. These labs broadened the digital system design curriculum, introducing students to microprocessor technology recognized as a crucial component in computer engineering education. Other universities opted for various microprocessor development and demonstration systems, such as the Motorola MEK6800 single-board computer introduced in 1975, or developed and constructed their own hardware to support their microprocessor laboratories. The SBC 6809 Lab-mate The SBC 6809 Lab-mate single-board computer was designed by Peter Bubonja, research associate in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University of Toronto (U of T), between 1984 and 85. The computer was designed and developed at the U of T Power Group computer applications lab to enhance the capabilities of the U of T M6809  single-board computer designed at the university in 1979 and sold by Exceltronix Components and Computing of Toronto. The Lab-mate was used in digital electronics labs at, among other places, the University of Toronto and Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. One of the main differences between the U of T Board and the Lab-mate was that the latter was designed around the STD bus allowing a range of off-the-shelf STD cards to be directly used with the computer. This provided an effective way to expand and tailor the system towards the user's needs. Technical Specifications: CPU - Motorola MC6809, 8-bit RAM - up to 48K using six memory slots ROM - 16K ports and interfaces: <ul> <li>two STD bus expansion ports,</li> <li>STD bus I/O port,</li> <li>two parallel I/O ports (MOS Technology 6522 Versatile Interface Adapter)</li> <li>programmable parallel peripheral interface (Intel 8255)</li> <li>universal interrupt controller (Advanced Micro Devices AM9519A)</li> <li>two serial ports (MOS Technology 6551 Asynchronous Communications Interface Adapter)</li> <li>programmable timer (Motorola MC6840)</li> <li>counter/timer peripheral (Advanced Micro Devices 9513A)</li> <li>cassette tape interface</li> </ul> Software - monitor, editor, and assembler in ROM Documentation - extensive documentation including SBC6808 Operating Manual by Peter Bubonja, 1986. The museum has two Lab-mate computers (serial numbers 18 and 19) used at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in the second half of the 1980s. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Bubonja Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 6809 University of Toronto https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/00cef3d05da2d151e6d158ecfdf79359.JPG f69e37864c5bbd3d1d810dc389067f82 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The PRO-80 Computer Subject The topic of the resource Hardware: single-board computer Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) PROTEC Microsystems Inc. (or PROTEC) was founded 1981 and incorporated in January 1982 in Point Clair, Quebec. The company's first products were single-board microcomputer kits. The PRO-80 kit was offered in 1981, the PRO-83 in 1984, and the Multi-Lab in 1984. All these computers were designed for the educational and computer hobby markets. In 1986, PROTEC switched its focus from single board computers to smart sharers -- devices that allowed computers to share peripherals. In the 2nd half of the 1990s, the company addressed the growing popularity of local area networks and the Internet by introducing its new generation of intelligent device sharers, including the WebShare, SOHOLink, and WebBeetle, to provide a shared access to these services. An extensive distribution networks in North America and Europe positioned PROTEC as a provider of choice for such devices. The WebShare was launched in 1996 at COMDEX/Fall in Las Vegas. It allowed two or three PCs to simultaneously access the Internet using a single modem, a single telephone line, and a single Internet account. The second version of this sherer, more compact and with optional integrated modem was announced during the PC Expo trade show in New York in June 1997. The SOHOLink was designed to meet the connectivity needs of a small business or a home office operating with multiple computing platforms. It integrated all the features of the WebShare but offered Ethernet ports for networking of up to six computers. Finally, the WebBeetle was developed to address the demand for Internet and fax access in a local network environment were the demand for such access was high across the network. The sherer was launch during COMDEX/Fall held in Las Vegas in 1998 PRO-80 Microcomputer The PRO-80 single-board computer kit was PROTEC's first product. Offered in 1981, it was distributed by, among other companies General Electronics of Willowdale, Ontario. According to the PRO-80 assembly manual, the computer was designed to be    a truly economical and educational system that meets the needs of students, teachers,  experiments or anyone who wishes to know   or evaluate at a reasonable price the performance of the wonderful machine, the Z-80 [microprocessor].   [from The PRO-80 Assembly and Operations Manual] The computer was designed around the popular Zilog Z80 microprocessor and the S-100 bus that allowed the user to expand the system with a variety of S-100 boards available on the market. Hardware specification <ul> <li>CPU: Zilog Z80A,</li> <li>RAM: 1Kb expandable to 2 Kb,</li> <li>EPROM: 1Kb containing the monitor software,</li> <li>ports/interfaces: 2 parallel I/O ports, audio cassette interface,</li> <li>keyboard: 16-key Hex with 8 additional keys,</li> <li>display: 6-position Hex.</li> </ul> PROTEC also offered the PRO-VIDEO expansion card for the PRO-80 that provided: <ul> <li>video controller for a standard color or B/W TV,</li> <li>Eprom programmer,</li> <li>up to 22 Kb of RAM.</li> </ul> The card was supported with an 8 Kb editor/assembler. In April 1983, the computer was priced at $169 while its expansion card at $249. Software and documentation <ul> <li>The PRO-80 Assembly and Operations Manual, PROTEC, 1981,</li> <li>monitor (1Kb),</li> <li>editor/assembler (8Kb).</li> </ul> Museum holdings <ul> <li>PRO-80 single board computer,</li> <li>The PRO-80 Assembly and Operations Manual, PROTEC, 1981.</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Protec Microsystems Inc. Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada, early 1980s microcomputer https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/5a07f13b82cb9a9661b4dd8db66814b8.jpg 3f3cb6c8b1c008e25021cb67a1287f3e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dynalogic Collection Description An account of the resource Dynalogic Corporation was among the first Canadian microcomputer manufacturers. Founded by C. Murray Bell in 1973 in Ottawa, it initially focused on the design of floppy disk systems and interfaces for minicomputers and desk-top calculators. In 1975, Dynalogic embarked on the design of a firmware controlled, microprocessor-based floppy disk system that could be interfaced with a range of minicomputers via the industry standard RS-232C interface. The result of these design and development efforts--the Series 7000 DynaTermDisk--was shown at the 1975 Canadian Computer Show. In 1976, the company moved into the general-purpose computer market. On October 1, 1976, it announced the Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) -- an advanced microcomputer that employed Motorola's 6800 processor. The DMS was among the earliest microcomputers with built-in floppy disk drives. It operated under a sophisticated proprietary DYNAMO operating system (designed by Donald C. Lindsay). The first DMS was delivered to Algonquin College of Technology in Ottawa in fall of 1976. Other DMS systems were sold in Canada, the U.S., and Europe. In 1981, Bytec Management Corp. took over Dynalogic. In the same year the work had begun on the design of a portable desktop microcomputer--the Hyperion--and continued in a new Bytec subsidiary called Dynalogic Info-Tech. The Hyperion was unveiled at the 1982 spring Comdex computer show in Atlantic City as the "most powerful, portable, business computer in the world'' compatible with the IBM PC. The first Hyperions were manufactured in January of 1983 and retailed at US $4,955. The sales continued throughout 1983 and 1984 in Canada and the U.S. Acquisition: The objects in the collection have been donated by Walter Banks, Murray Bell, Diane Bruce, Dan Cohow, Robert S. Elliot, Terence Gordon, Don C. Lindsay, Brian Mahoney, Dennis Mullin, and Zbigniew Stachniak. HARDWARE <ul> <li>Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS), model 7042B</li> <li>Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS), model 7042C</li> <li>Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS), model 7082</li> <li>Dynalogic disk drive system, model 4002B</li> <li>Hyperion microcomputer</li> <li>Hyperion Ex [Hyperion expansion unit]</li> <li>Acoustic Cups for Hyperion [data communication]</li> <li>HyperRam [Hyperion memory module by Technovation]</li> <li>Hyperaccess (by Technovation)</li> </ul> SOFTWARE <ul> <li>DYNAMO 2.0/DO/32K, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977</li> <li>DYNAMO 2.0/D1/24K, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977</li> <li>DynaBASIC 2.0/AO, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 21 November 1977</li> <li>Dynalogic Advanced Programming Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1977</li> <li>Forms Entry, Source, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 25 January, 1978</li> <li>Dynalogic Advanced Programming Package 2.0, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May 1978</li> <li>DYNAMO 2.3, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 July 1978</li> <li>DynaBASIC I 2.1/E4, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1979</li> <li>DynaBASIC I 2.1/E5, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1979</li> <li>Structured DynaBASIC I Preprocessor 1.0, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 31 May 1979</li> <li>DYNAMO 2.4, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 31 March 1979</li> <li>DYNAMO 3.1, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October 1979</li> <li>DMS Utility Programs, 1979</li> <li>DYNAMO 3.1, Diagnostic Programs, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 July 1980</li> <li>IN:SCRIBE [for the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1982</li> <li>IN:TOUCH [for the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1982</li> <li>LOTUS 123 [for the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983</li> <li>LOTUS 123, System Backup for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983</li> <li>LOTUS 123, utility software for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983</li> <li>LOTUS 123 PrintGraph for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983</li> <li>LOTUS 123 Tutorial for the Hyperion, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Lotus Development Corp., 1983</li> <li>DOS, EDLIN [DOS 1.25 for the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Microsoft Corp., 1982, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion DOS(2.11), ver. 00, rev. 00, Compterm Inc., 1 July 1984</li> <li>BASICA, Assembler [for the Hyperion], Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp. and Microsoft Corp., 1982, 1983</li> <li>Aladin [for the Hyperion], Bytec Management Corp. and ADI America Inc., 1983</li> <li>Various Hyperion related software</li> <li>Source codes of various Dynalogic software including DYNAMO operating system</li> </ul> MANUALS, GUIDES, REPORTS <ul> <li>Dynalogic Microcomputer System Manual, release 1.1, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 December, 1976, printed between 12 October and 1 December, 1976</li> <li>MICRO BASIC I, USERS MANUAL, Ryan-McFarland Corp., 1976</li> <li>How to use DYNAMO, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 November, 1977</li> <li>How To Use The EDITOR, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 December, 1977</li> <li>MICRO BASIC I, reference card, Ryan-McFarland Corp. and Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1977(?)</li> <li>How To Use DYNAMO, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 16 January, 1978</li> <li>How To Use DYNAMO: User Manual, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 July, 1978</li> <li>Advanced Programming Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May, 1978</li> <li>How To Use The EDITOR, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1978</li> <li>Structured DynaBASIC I Preprocessor, preliminary blurb, version 1J, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1979</li> <li>How To Use DynaBASIC I, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 February, 1979</li> <li>How to Use the Laboratory Microcomputer System (LMS), Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 March, 1979</li> <li>Structured DynaBASIC I Preprocessor, preliminary blurb, version 1F, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 5 March, 1979</li> <li>R2.4PAK: Interface from DynaBASIC I to DYNAMO R2.4 addendum to How to Use DynaBASIC I, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May, 1979</li> <li>How To Use DynaSCRIPT, Preliminary, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 25 May, 1979</li> <li>How To Use DynaMENU Application Program Shell, Preliminary, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., June 1979</li> <li>How to use DYNAMO, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1979</li> <li> Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) Model 7042B Documentation Package, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 October, 1979</li> <li>How To Use DynaSCRIPT, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 November, 1979</li> <li> Disk Controller PCB, schematic diagrams and board layouts, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 7 Nov.--4 Dec., 1979</li> <li>How To Use DynaSORT, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 7 December, 1979</li> <li>Additional SCRED Features, SCRED Addendum, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.(?), 18 December, 1979</li> <li>DMS Memory Tests, SCRED Addendum, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 January, 1980</li> <li>DYNAMO Operating System: Introduction to the Source, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., March 1980</li> <li>How To Use The LSI-11 DynaSTOR, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 2 September 1980</li> <li>Floppy Diskette Controller (FDC) Product Specification, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 30 June 1980</li> <li>Style Manual for Assembler Programming, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd.(?), 12 January, 1981</li> <li>How To Use DYNAMO: User Manual, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 16 February, 1981</li> <li>How to Use DynaBASIC D, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 February, 1981</li> <li>Floppy Diskette Controller (FDC) To Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) Interface Specification, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 March 1981</li> <li>How To Use The LSI-11 DynaSTOR, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1 May 1981</li> <li>Hyperion, IN:TOUCH, Guide, ver. 00, published by Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation, 1 June, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion, IN:TOUCH, Guide, ver. 00, rev. 01, Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation, published by Bytec Management Corp., 10 October, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion, IN:SCRIBE Guide, ver. 00, published by Dynalogic Info-Tech Corp., 1 June, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion, IN:SCRIBE Guide, ver. 00, rev. 01, published by Bytec Management Corp., 1 August, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion, Multiplan, Electronic Worksheet, Microsoft Corp. and Dynalogic Info-Tech Corporation, 1982</li> <li>Hyperion, Setup Guide, ver. 00, rev. 04, published by Bytec Management Corp., 8 August, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion User Guide MS-DOS/EDLIN, ver. 00, rev. 04, published by Bytec Management Corp., 5 September, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion Programmer Guide, ver. 00, rev. 03, published by Bytec Management Corp., 1983</li> <li> LOTUS 123 User's Manual for the Hyperion Business Computer, Lotus Development Corp., Release 1A, 1983</li> <li>LOTUS 123 Quick Reference for the Hyperion Business Computer, Lotus Development Corp., Release 1A, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion Technical Reference Guide, Bytec Management Corp., ver. 00, rev. 00, 15 November, 1983</li> <li>Hyperion Aladin Guide, Bytec Management Corp.(?), 1983</li> <li>Hyperion DOS(2.11) Guide, ver. 00, rev. 00, Compterm Inc., 1 July 1984</li> <li>Acoustic Cup Installation Instructions, 2 pages</li> </ul> CORPORATE DOCUMENTS <ul> <li>Introduction to: word processing software, note by (?) 26 September, 1976, 3 pages</li> <li> D.M.S. Release 2.0 Specifications (preliminary), Dynalogic Corporation Ltd. (?), 16 March, 1977, 3 pages</li> <li>Memo on Bubble/CCD Possibilities , Dynalogic Corporation Ltd. (?), 24 January, 1978, 3 pages</li> <li>Converting to DYNAMO 2.1 (preliminary), Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 1978(?), 1 page</li> <li>Mount/Dismount Questions , note, D. Lindsay(?) 16 January 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 2.4 from 2.3, note by D. Lindsay (?), 13 March, 1979, 3 pages [in DYNAMO source]</li> <li>Memory Swapping for DynaBASIC-D note, D. Lindsay(?) 9 August, 1979, 3 pages</li> <li>DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 3.1 from 2.4, note by D. Lindsay (?), 28 September, 1979, 7 pages [in DYNAMO source]</li> <li>DYNALOGIC Ethernet , note by (?) 2 January 1980, 2 pages</li> <li>DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.0 from 3.1, note by D. Lindsay (?), 16 February, 1980, 8 pages [in DYNAMO source]</li> <li>Engineering Project Codes, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd., 2 September 1980, 10 pages</li> <li>DYNAMO: Chronology and Statistics , Donald C. Lindsay, three versions dated: February 1981 [included in DYNAMO Source], 2 pages; August 1981, 3 pages; May 1982, 3 pages</li> <li>Proposal to Mitel: Voice Mail, Dynalogic Corporation, 28 August 1981, 5 pages</li> <li>DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.1 from 4.0, note by D. Lindsay (?), 14 August, 1981, 2 pages; another note dated 27 August, 1981, 2 pages</li> <li>DIFFERENCES: DYNAMO 4.2 from 4.1, note by D. Lindsay (?), 18 March, 1982, 1 page</li> <li>A letter to F. Mozer by D. Lindsay regarding Voice Mail, 1 October, 1981, 2 pages</li> <li>A letter from F. Mozer to D. Lindsay regarding Voice Mail, 25 October, 1981, 1 page</li> <li>Technical Evaluation: Context Management Systems, memo by D. Lindsay, file context 3, 29 March, 1982, 1 page</li> <li>Product Definition -- DYNACOM 2000 Series, rev. 1, Dynalogic, January(?) 1982(?), 17 pages</li> <li>Hyperion Editor Key Mapping , memo by P. Matthews to G.K. Holman, 3 September, 1982</li> <li>Status of Hyperion Editor Project, 4 October, 1982 to 23 January, 1983, 5 notes by D. Lindsay (?)</li> <li>A letter from Maurice Jolicoeur, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Bytec, to Hyperion owners regarding the change of company name from Dynalogic to BYTEC -- HYPERION Division, July (?) 1983</li> <li>A formal announcement of the merger of Bytec Management Corp. and Comterm Inc. to form Bytec-Comterm Inc., January(?) 1984</li> </ul> PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS <ul> <li>Dynalogic Microcomputer System, System Summary [for series 7032/7042 DMS], brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)</li> <li>DYNAMO Diskette Operating System, Software Summary, brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)</li> <li>DynaBASIC I Compiler, Software Summary, brochure, 2 pages, 1977(?)</li> <li>Laboratory Microcomputer System System Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>DYNAMO Diskette Operating System Software Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>DynaBASIC I Compiler Software Summary, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>DynaBASIC L Compiler, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>Structured DynaBASIC Preprocessor, Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>Advanced Programming Package (APP), Dynalogic, 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>Software Licensing Policy, Dynalogic, 1 page, 1979</li> <li>Price List: Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS), 2 pages, 1979</li> <li>Price List: Dynalogic Licensed Software and manuals, 1 page, 1979</li> <li>Hyperion, The Most Powerful, Portable, Business Computer in the World promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 2 pages [shows an older production model of Hyperion]</li> <li>Hyperion, The Most Powerful, Portable, Business Computer in the World promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 8 pages [shows an older production model of Hyperion]</li> <li>Hyperion, Making Decisions Has Never Bees So Easy promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 8 pages [shows the final production model of Hyperion]</li> <li>Hyperion, Making Decisions Has Never Bees So Easy promotional brochure, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 2 pages</li> <li>Hyperion, promotional brochure [possibly] distributed during the 1982 spring Comdex computer show in Atlantic City, booth number 1843, Dynalogic Info-Tech, 1982(?), 5 pages</li> <li>Hyperion: Tested Software, July/August 1983, published by Compterm Inc. [list of software available for the Hyperion], 6 pages</li> <li>A letter from Stephen J. McGill, Vice President, Percom Publishing, to Hyperion owners regarding the introduction of the Hyperion PC Magazine, 1983(?)</li> <li>Hyperion price list from Compumart, Ottawa, 2 pp (198?)</li> <li>Hyperion retail price list, Ottawa, 2 pp (May 1983)</li> </ul> ORAL HISTORIES <ul> <li>Interview with Murray Bell, Ottawa, October 2000 (analogue cassette recording)</li> </ul> BOOKS, RESEARCH PAPERS, ARTICLES, NEWS LETTERS <ul> <li>B. Foster and B. Southern, A College Microcomputer Facility, BYTE April 1978, pp. 90--96</li> <li>D.C. Lindsay, DYNALOGIC LOG, 3 volumes, 1976--1983</li> <li>D. Thomas, The Sale of a New Machine, Quest, November 1983, pp. 32d--32n</li> <li>D. Thomas, Knights of the New Technology. The Inside Story of Canada's Computer Elite, Key Porter Books, 1983, pp. 165--183></li> <li>R. Laver, Random Excess: The Wild Ride of Michael Cowpland and Corel, Viking Penguin, 1998, pp. 44--51</li> <li>Z. Stachniak, The Making of the MCM/70 Microcomputer, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 25, issue 2 (April-June 2003), pp. 62--75</li> <li> THUG TIPS The Official Newsletter of the Toronto Hyperion Users Group (THUG) , Toronto, November 1985</li> <li> HUGO NEWS: Newsletter for the HYPERION USERS GROUP OF OTTAWA, Ottawa, 1985--1988</li> <li>Various newspaper and magazine articles on Dynalogic</li> <li>Hyperion PC magazine, vol. 1, nr. 1 (1984)</li> </ul> OTHER <ul> <li>M6800 Linking Loader Reference Manual, M68PRM(D), Motorola Inc., October 1976</li> <li>M6800 Programming Reference Manual, M68PRM(D), Motorola Inc., November 1976</li> <li>M6800 Co-Resident Assembler Reference Manual, M68CRA(D), Motorola Inc., November 1976</li> <li>M6800 Micro Assembler Reference Manual, M68ASM(D), Motorola Inc., February 1977</li> <li>DYNAMO 2.0: Material for Blurb, note by D. Lindsay, 7 September 1977</li> <li>M6800 Resident Assembler Reference Manual, M68CRA(D2), Motorola Inc., May 1979</li> <li>Micro BASIC I Users Manual, Ryan-McFarland Corp., 1976</li> <li>Document folder, Dynalogic Corporation Ltd</li> <li>Design drawing of the Hyperion case (by David Kelly?), color photocopy</li> <li>LOTUS 123 Customer Assurance Plan, Bytec Management Corp., 1983</li> <li>Purchase receipt for Hyperion issued by Le magasin Xerox, Montreal, 25 October, 1984</li> <li>Hyperion pin</li> <li>Assorted paper documents related to custom software developed for the DMS system.</li> <li>Various source codes of Dynalogic software for the DMS systems</li> <li>Various Aladin related documents</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/dynalogic_logo.jpg" alt="MCM_logo" width="15%" height="15%" border="0" /> The collection documents the microcomputer development activities at Dynalogic Corp. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Zbigniew Stachniak Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Hyperion EX chassis Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: extension module Description An account of the resource Historical Context In 1973, C. Murray Bell incorporated Dynalogic Corporation in Ottawa to design, develop, and manufacture floppy disk drive systems that could be interfaced with a range of computers and programmable calculators. The floppy diskette systems shipped up to mid-1975 had hardwired controllers designed to work with specific computers. This solution was costly since different computer models typically required different floppy drive controllers that would have to be designed and assembled. In 1975, the company entered the microprocessor market with its release of a firmware controlled, microprocessor-based floppy disk system that could be interfaced with a range of computers. The new floppy drive system could be programmed to operate with a specific computer instead of building a dedicated controller to provide such functionality. The system was unveiled at the 1975 Canadian Computer Show & Conference. In the following year, the company moved into the general-purpose computer market. On October 1, 1976, it announced the Dynalogic Microcomputer System (DMS) — an advanced microcomputer that employed the Motorola 6800 processor. The DMS was among the earliest microcomputers with built-in floppy disk drives. It operated under a sophisticated UNIX-style proprietary DYNAMO operating system. In 1981, Bytec Management Corp. took over Dynalogic, renamed it Dynalogic Info-Tech, and initiated the work on the design of a portable desktop microcomputert — the Hyperion. The computer was unvailed at the 1982 spring Comdex computer show in Atlantic City as the ``most powerful, portable, business computer in the world'' compatible with the imensly popular IBM PC introduced in August of 1981. Because the Hyperion was designed to be IBM PC compatible,  hardware configurations of both the Hyperion and the IBM PC were similar. However, in March 1983, soon after the Hyperion appeared on the market, IBM released an improved version of its PC—the XT—with new hardware features such as an internal hard drive and eight expansion slots, features not offered by the Hyperion. To remain competitive, Bytec Management Corp.—the manufacturer of the Hyperion—announced the Hyperion EX expansion chassis the following month. The Expansion Chassis provided room for up to seven IBM compatible expansion cards, and a 5, 10, or 20 Mbyte hard disk. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Images for Computer Hobby Movement in Canada Exhibit https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/10f80d7ef859d1ec11992d6746e4c6c8.jpg 7542e18188d1b2795c94eca65e2c28c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gravis Firebird 2 joystick Subject The topic of the resource hardware: computer peripheral, game controller Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In the final two decades of the twentieth century, the personal computer industry experienced rapid technological advances that included, among other innovations, the development of high-performance input devices (such as game controllers) as well as sound and video cards. Array Technology Inc. (ATI, founded in 1985), Creative Technology (1981), Logitech International (1981), Matrox Graphics (1976), and NVIDIA (1993) are examples of leading manufacturers of such products. In Canada, several companies—besides ATI and Matrox—successfully designed and manufactured input devices and add-on cards for personal computers. One such company was Gravis Computer Peripherals Inc. (Gravis), founded in 1982 in Burnaby, British Columbia. In 1985, the company was renamed International Gravis Computer Technology Inc., and following its amalgamation with Abaton Resources Ltd. in 1987, it adopted the name Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. In 1997, Gravis was acquired by Kensington Computer Products Group, which incorporated the Gravis brand of entertainment gamepads and joysticks into its product line. The "Company Background" published on Gravis' ftp site in 1997, described the company's origins this way Gravis originated in 1979 from the passion for computer games shared by two childhood friends, Grant Russell and Dennis Scott-Jackson. They soon found that joysticks and paddles on the market did not provide a real arcade feel or precision, and they typically broke down within weeks of intensive game use. This started them on the quest to build a better joystick. Between 1985 and 1997, Gravis designed and manufactured several award-winning joysticks and gamepads for desktop computers produced by companies such as Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM, and Tandy. Its first product, the Gravis Analog Joystick, introduced in 1985, quickly became a popular choice among computer gamers. The Gravis PC GamePad, released in 1991, was equally successful and was adopted by numerous electronic entertainment companies, including Nintendo and Sega. Similar success followed with the Firebird programmable game controller, introduced in 1996. By 1996, the number of retail outlets carrying Gravis products exceeded 11,000 worldwide, making the company one of the world’s largest suppliers of computer joysticks and gamepads, according to reports such as those published by PC Data. Gravis Firebird 2 The Gravis Firebird programmable game controller was introducewd in 1995. The Firebird 2 followed in 1997. It offered 13 programmable buttons and 8-way hat switch giving a player direct access to the majority of functions required by games of the late 1990s. The Firebird 2 software allowed an assignment of a single or a series of commands to a single button bypassing keyboard commands. Museum holdings <ul> <li>Firebird 2 programmable joystick, rev. 2, 0398,</li> <li>Firebird 2 Quick Install manual, Gravis, 1997,</li> <li>The Gravis Game CD , Gravis, 1997 (includes a full manual).</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived donated by Szabolcs Albertini Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant world, 1996-- https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/9649e212fff9002eabe38e6025458b91.jpg 4478fcf69522100cc466d60d4c08be34 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gravis PC GamePad Subject The topic of the resource hardware: computer peripheral, game controller Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In the final two decades of the twentieth century, the personal computer industry experienced rapid technological advances that included, among other innovations, the development of high-performance input devices (such as game controllers) as well as sound and video cards. Array Technology Inc. (ATI, founded in 1985), Creative Technology (1981), Logitech International (1981), Matrox Graphics (1976), and NVIDIA (1993) are examples of leading manufacturers of such products. In Canada, several companies—besides ATI and Matrox—successfully designed and manufactured input devices and add-on cards for personal computers. One such company was Gravis Computer Peripherals Inc. (Gravis), founded in 1982 in Burnaby, British Columbia. In 1985, the company was renamed International Gravis Computer Technology Inc., and following its amalgamation with Abaton Resources Ltd. in 1987, it adopted the name Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. In 1997, Gravis was acquired by Kensington Computer Products Group, which incorporated the Gravis brand of entertainment gamepads and joysticks into its product line. The "Company Background" published on Gravis' ftp site in 1997, described the company's origins this way Gravis originated in 1979 from the passion for computer games shared by two childhood friends, Grant Russell and Dennis Scott-Jackson. They soon found that joysticks and paddles on the market did not provide a real arcade feel or precision, and they typically broke down within weeks of intensive game use. This started them on the quest to build a better joystick. Between 1985 and 1997, Gravis designed and manufactured several award-winning joysticks and gamepads for desktop computers produced by companies such as Amiga, Apple, Atari, Commodore, IBM, and Tandy. Its first product, the Gravis Analog Joystick, introduced in 1985, quickly became a popular choice among computer gamers. The Gravis PC GamePad, released in 1991, was equally successful and was adopted by numerous electronic entertainment companies, including Nintendo and Sega. Similar success followed with the Firebird programmable game controller, introduced in 1996. By 1996, the number of retail outlets carrying Gravis products exceeded 11,000 worldwide, making the company one of the world’s largest suppliers of computer joysticks and gamepads, according to reports such as those published by PC Data. Gravis PC GamePad  The Gravis PC GamePad was introduced in November 1991. It was the first gamepad for the IBM and IBM compatible computers and one of the most popular gamepads for these platforms. The device offered a fast digital direction pad, 4 quick response digital buttons, left- or right-hand play switch, and a switch selectining a single or two pleyer use. A variant of the PC GamePad for Macintosh personal computers was introduced by Gravis under the name Mac GamePad. Museum holdings <ul> <li>Gravis PC GamePad manufactured in 1991, its user's manual and Gravis Utilities floppy diskette,</li> <li>Gravis PC GamePad manufactured in 1998 and its Quick Install manual</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Advanced Gravis Computer Technology Ltd. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived donated by Zbigniew Stachniak Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant world, 1991-- https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/729accd4102fc86eff421c987dde8070.png 6fe6af6af8db4cd3569a313dfa2d290b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource NABU 1100 Computer System Subject The topic of the resource hardware: computer system Description An account of the resource Historical context The NABU 1100 system was manufactured by NABU Manufacturing Corp. in the early 1980s. The system consisted of the the NABU 1100 computer (designed by Toronto-based Andicom -- one of the companies amalgamated into NABU) and the NABU 4404 display terminal (designed and manufctured by Volcer-Craig Ltd. -- another Canadian company merged into NABU). Apart from being sold to Canadian customers through the Ottawa-based Computer Innovations retail stores (which become part of NABU as well), the system was internally used as software development platform for the NABU Network -- a novel cable TV-based delivery method for software and information using world's first cable-ready computers. The NABU 1100 computer hardwer was hosted in a large cabinet with casters on it for manoeuverability. A drawer at the bottom of the cabinet was provided to store software and manuals. The NABU 4404 display terminal was a stand-alone, ASCII, serial asynchronous computer peripheral that could be connected to any computer equipped with an RSC232C interface. NABU recommended other display terminals to be used with the NABU 1100 computer as well, such as the NABU 404, 3100, and 4416 terminals. NABU 1100 technical specifications <ul> <li>Bus: S-100</li> <li>CPU: Zilog Z80A CPU at 4 MHz</li> <li>RAM: 62 Kbytes</li> <li>ROM: 2 Knytes</li> <li>card slots for: CPU board (ACP-1101) floppy disk controller board (AFC-1100), I/O board (AIO-1100), and memory board (ADM-1000), and additional 4 user supplied boards</li> <li>external storage: two buil-in 8" Shugart diskette drives (SA850), double sided, capacity = 1600 Kbytes (unformated)</li> <li>ports: two RS-232C serial I/O, and parallel I/O</li> </ul> NABU 4404 Terminal specifications <ul> <li>CPU: Zilog Z80A</li> <li>display: 12" anti-glare, 24 lines, 80 characters per line, normal or revers video</li> <li>keyboard: detachable, QWERTY, upper/lower case characters</li> <li>8 switches to control the screen display</li> <li>ports: EIA RS232C communications interface</li> <li>data rates: from 110 up to 19200 baud</li> <li>options: serial and parallel interfaces, numeric key-pad and function keys, APL character set, ccoloured anti-glare display screen (amber or green)</li> </ul> NABU 1100 software and documentation <ul> <li>CP/M operating system,</li> <li>NABU 1100 User's Manual, Manufacturing Corp., 1981December 1981,</li> <li>The NABU 1100 System: A Technical Guide, Nabu Manufacturing Corp., 1981,</li> <li>VOLKER-CRAIG User's Manual, VC4404 The CHAT Video Display Terminal, Volker-Craig/NABU, Rev. 3, March 1982,</li> <li>VC4404 Video Display Terminal, Service Manual, Volker-Craig, 198?</li> <li>SA850/851 Bi-Compliant Double Sided Diskette Storage Drive Service Manual, Shugart,</li> <li>NABU 3100 Users Manual, NABU Commercial Terminals Ltd., 198?</li> <li>NABU 3100 Service Manual (preliminary), NABU Commercial Terminals Ltd. August 3, 1983.</li> </ul> The museum has a NABU 1100  computer with the above mentioned software and documentation as well as NABU 4404 and 404 terminals. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource NABU Manufacturing Corp. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context H.16 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available donated by D.J. Knigh Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Canada, 1980-1986 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/b40c4cdb35070285640f1a1b4f6474cc.jpg 3cac084f16b42ca424f52b52d09b1bd8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource D.G.A. Electronics D156-SS Single Board Computer Subject The topic of the resource hardware: single board computer Description An account of the resource Historical context: D.G.A. ELECTRONICS LTD. was founded by Doug Atkinson in 1977 in Toronto, Ontario, as an electronics design firm. It specialized in the development of custom computer hardware and software including single board computers. The D.G.A. ELECTRONICS  D156-SS specifications: <ul> <li>CPU - Motorola 6802, 8-bit</li> <li>RAM - eight 14-pin sockets; two populated with HM472114 1024 x 4-bit memory chips</li> <li>ROM - two 24-pin EPROM sockets</li> <li>buss architecture: STD</li> <li>ports/connectors: serial and parallel, expansion buss connectors</li> <li>manufacturing data: 1980</li> </ul> <h2></h2> <h2>      MICROPROCESSOR BASED EMBEDDED CONTROL SYSTEMS      AUDIO/VIDEO SWITCHING      RADIO FREQUENCY COMMUNICATIONS      SOFTWARE AND FIRMWARE PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT      MOTOR CONTROL SYSTEMS      INFRARED DEVICE CONTROL</h2> Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived D.G.A. ELECTRONICS LTD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant North America