5 10 106 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/bb2f8affdf5304abfa4161750c3f2911.jpg 485110937ebe12af1e46b28a28cc9120 Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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 TPUG Magazine Description An account of the resource TPUG Magazine was an official publication of the Toronto PET Users Group. It was published monthly or semimonthly between February 1984 and and September 1986. Holdings: February—May, October (1984); January—Mrach, May, June, August—December (1985); No. 21—24 (1986). https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/68d48fb17e5450671621c290ca3f7370.jpeg eb588c61d90bd4ebe430283b9174d28d 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 TRACE Archive Description An account of the resource The microcomputer hobby movement in Canada had begun soon after the first computer clubs and groups were formed in the U.S. It was a part of the global North American computer hobby activities, going through similar phases of the microcomputing's development while retaining its separate regional character. TRACE was formed on January 23, 1976 by employees of the Canadian Development Division of Control Data Corporation located in Mississauga, Ontario. In the following months the membership was growing rapidly crossing the one hundred member mark by the end of 1976. The club played a significant role on the Canadian computer hobbyists' scene contributing to the development and popularization of personal computing. Several TRACE members became prominent entrepreneurs and promoters of personal computing. Throughout its decade-long existence, the club published the TRACE Newsletter, was a member of Midwest Affiliation of Computer Clubs (MACC), and organized and participated in popular events such as MACC's Computerfests (in 1983, the Computerfest took place in Toronto and was organized by TRACE). TRACE NEWSLETTER <ul> <li>TRACE Newsletter; holdings: no. 1, March 15, 1976 to 68, March-April 1984; February 1985</li> <li>Gifford Toole, TRACE it is (manuscript, 1976), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 3, pp. 1 and 4 (1976).</li> <li>Harold Melanson, Altair add-on power supply (manuscript, 1976), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 6, pp. 3--4 (1976).</li> <li>Phil Olynyk, Impressions of Atlantic City and the Personal Computing Convention'76 (manuscript, 1976), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 7, p. 6 (1976).</li> <li>Dave Baird, An Open Letter to Trace (manuscript, 1976), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 8 (1976), pp. 4-5.</li> <li>Bill Kindree, Highlights of the APL 76 Conference (manuscript, 1976), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 9 (1976), pp. 1-2.</li> <li>Terry O'Brien, Build your own computer system or How I learned to love the bits (and pieces); (manuscript, 1976), published as How I learned to love the bits (and pieces) in TRACE Newsletter, no. 9 (1976), pp. 2-3.</li> <li>Phil Olynyk, Choosing a Micro Computer (manuscript, 1977), published in TRACE Newsletter, no. 12, p. 4 (1977).</li> <li>Stan Witkowski, Free Help (manuscript, April 15, 1977).</li> <li>Where can I get BASIC for the 8008, (manuscript, 1976?).</li> </ul> TRACE DOCUMENTS <ul> <li>Minutes of the May 14, 1976 TRACE meeting.</li> <li>Minutes of the October 1, 1976 TRACE executive meeting.</li> <li>Minutes of the October 15, 1976 TRACE meeting.</li> <li>Minutes of the October 31, 1976 TRACE executive meeting.</li> <li>Topics of Interest survey (197?).</li> <li>TRACE membership list (197?).</li> <li>TRACE computer industry questionnaire 197? (possibly taken during the Personal Computing Convention'76); responses from: AID Microsystems, IL., Pioneer Standard (WA), Motorola SPD, National Multiplex Corp. (NJ), Hal Communications Corp. (IL), Texas Instruments (TX), Innovex Corp. (MA), Mini Micro Mart (NY).</li> <li>TRACE questionnaire and Newsletter subscription form (197?).</li> <li>An early TRACE questionnaire form (1976?).</li> <li>Letter to TRACE members from Ross Cooling, November 13, 1979.</li> <li>TRACE executive list, 197?</li> <li>Early list of TRACE members, 1976.</li> <li>Sketched maps of TRACE meeting locations, 197?</li> <li>Information on Bill Pettit's presentation of a MOD8 microcomputer boards, April 1976.</li> </ul> MIDWEST AFFILIATION OF COMPUTER CLUBS <ul> <li>A letter from Gary Coleman, President of the Midwest Affiliation of Computer Clubs to TRACE, September 1982.</li> <li>Minutes of the December 1980(?) MACC meeting.</li> <li>Minutes of the January 17, 1981 MACC meeting.</li> <li>Minutes of the February 21, 1981 MACC meeting.</li> <li>List of MACC officers, trustees, and representatives (19??).</li> <li>Information on the MACC Computerfest in Cleveland, Ohio, June 11-13, 1976, for TRACE members.</li> </ul> COMPUTERFEST'83, TORONTO <ul> <li>Computerfest'83 Poster, Toronto, July 8-10, 1983.</li> <li>Eight five photographs taken during the Computerfest'83 event in Toronto, July 8-10, 1983 (photographer unknown).</li> </ul> OTHER DOCUMENTS <ul> <li>Letter from Gifford Toole, president of TRACE, to Walter Banks, 1 October 1976</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/trace_logo.jpeg" alt="MCM_logo" width="30%" height="30%" border="0" /> The Toronto Region Association of Computer Enthusiasts (TRACE) Archive documents the activities of one of the earliest and most influential Canadian microcomputer hobby clubs. Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. 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 TRACE Newsletter Subject The topic of the resource computer publication Description An account of the resource TRACE Newsletter was an official publication of the Toronto Region Association of Computer Enthusiasts. It was published monthly or semimonthly between March 1976 and February 1985. Holdings: nr. 1 (March 1976) — nr. 68 (March-April 1984), and nr. ? (February 1985). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Toronto Region Association of Computer Enthusiasts Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Toronto Region Association of Computer Enthusiasts Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1985 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/1c43615c42ff9d10d7698bbfc91936b3.jpg 6524dba11a7164cae5043f1c4ae60b28 hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 Volker-Craig/NABU 4404 Video Display Terminal Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: video display terminal Description An account of the resource Historical Context: In the 1950s, the operators of mainframe computers used dedicated consoles, hardcopy terminals (such as teletypes and modified electric typewriters), and a variety of cathode ray tube (CRT) displays to run and control data processing tasks. Computer consoles typically featured rows of switches and associated lights that allowed operators to run and control the execution of programs, analyze data stored in memory, and to control other hardware interfaced with computers. Hardcopy terminals were used to print on roles of paper information such as operator's commands, computer responses, and other console messages. Finally, CRTs were used to displaying information (e.g. memory contents) in a rudimentary graphical form. The "glass teletype" that appeared in the mid-1960s was the first attempt at providing a single device allowing computer operators to run their systems having all the essential control and data processing information displayed on a screen. However, it was not until the early 1970s, when the first "dumb" video display terminals, featuring limited editing capabilities, were introduced (one of the earliest such terminals was the 7700A Interactive Display Terminal introduced by Lear Siegler Inc. in 1973). All these terminals shared the same basic keyboard-display-interface design: each featured a keyboard, a CRT screen that could display full sets of alphanumeric characters, and each had the capability to send and receive data via communication lines to a remote host computer. By the mid-1970s, video terminals became the most effective human-computer interface devices and they remain so until the mid-1980s, when they were displaced by microcomputers that could be interfaced with mainframes and minicomputers to perform terminal jobs in addition to microcomputing tasks, when PC monitors had become a common occurrence worldwide. In Canada, the design and manufacturing of computer display terminals began in the early 1970s. Comterm Inc. (Montreal), Cybernex Ltd. (Ottawa), Electrohome (Kitchener), Lektromedia (Pointe Claire), NORPAK (Kanata), TIL Systems Ltd (Toronto), and Volker-Craig (Waterloo) were some of the pioneering companies. Volker-Craig Ltd. was a Canadian manufacturer of video display terminals, founded in 1973 by Michael C. Volker and Ronald G. Craig, both graduates from University of Waterloo. The company's early objective was to manufacture inexpensive video terminals. In a 2020 interview by Steven Forth for Ibbaka market blog, Volker recollects that "In those days... video displays were very, very expensive and being a student, I thought, this [video terminal manufacturing] needs to be done in a way that is economical for students." Volker's fourth-year engineering project to design an electronic circuitry for a video terminal that would allow the presentation of characters on the screen of a rudimentary television set was an entrepreneurial trigger. By the end of the 1970s, Volker-Craig was selling its terminals around the world through its offices and distributors in, among other countries, Argentina, Austria, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK, and US. In January 1982, Volker-Craig merged with five other companies to form NABU Manufacturing Ltd. with headquarters in Ottawa, and continued to develop video terminals. In 1984, as a result of NABU's restructuring, Volker-Craig became once again a fully independent company renamed as Volker-Craig Technologies Ltd. In 1982, Volker-Craig introduced the VC4404 display terminal -- the Chat. It was a low cost stand-alone, ASCII, serial asynchronous computer peripheral that could be connected to any computer equipped with an RSC232C interface. The terminal offered comptibilty with the company's popular VC404 and the Lear Siegler ADM-3A -- an influential early video display terminal. VC4404 technical specifications: <ul> <li>CPU: Zilog Z80A</li> <li>display: 12" anti-glare, 24 lines, 80 characters per line, normal or revers video, character highlighting</li> <li>keyboard: detachable, QWERTY, upper/lower case characters, 10 program function keys, 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 4404 documentation: <ul> <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, 1982,</li> <li>VOLKER-CRAIG VC4602 User Manual, Volker-Craig, 1982</li> </ul> The museum has a VC4404 terminal and the above mentioned documentation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Volker-Craig Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980s Relation A related resource NABU Collection https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/ad7e72787880e0cb2188d5340babc707.jpg 730555e52068b7f91ca5be3443efab8f hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 Matrox MGA Millennium Subject The topic of the resource Historical Context (by Z. Stachniak) Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby movement and the beginning of the rapid growth of the microcomputer market. Co-founders Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić identified an opportunity to expand the microcomputing market into video interfaces, providing microcomputers with graphic display capabilities. The company's first product, Video RAM (1976), was a specialized video-display device, which interfaced with a computer system to display computer-generated alphanumeric data stored in the device's RAM. The device's success generated the revenue necessary for the development of subsequent products. Among these were the MTX-1632 Video RAM and the ALT-series video graphics controllers. With the release of these devices, Matrox pioneered the graphics card add-on market for microcomputers. By 1978, Matrox offered a diverse line of advanced CRT display controllers, which could be used in various combinations supported with a wide choice of display formats, character sets, TV standards, display resolutions, bus compatibility, etc. According to Matrox 1978 product catalogue, "Matrox displays have been used in more than 10,000 installations in every imaginable operation: from ground control displays for the Viking mission to Mars to hobby displays." The following year, Matrox began to supply system integrators on Wall Street with a line of financial information display products. One of them, the Quad Video, powered four monitors becoming the first single-board hardware to provide multi-display support. This groundbreaking product established Matrox as the first graphics company to provide display solutions to the financial and business markets. In the 1980s, the company embarked on designing and manufacturing a range of graphics products for a variety of computer bus standards. Matrox also expanded its operations to include the production of microcomputers, such as the CCB-7 MACS and the MAP-2000 Super Microcomputer. Throughout the 1990s, Matrox introduced several lines of high-quality graphics products, notably the Millennium and Mistique graphics cards, while gradually shifting its focus towards specialized markets. In the early 1990s, the company split into three distinct divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Video, and Matrox Imaging. Matrox Graphics was focused on delivering graphics solutions, Matrox Video specialized in markets for the broadcast industry and digital video editing solutions, while Matrox Imaging concentrated on component-level solutions for machine vision applications. By the turn of the century, Matrox emerged as a leading global digital imaging company, offering a broad spectrum of hardware choices supported with leading-edge software solutions. Its hardware and software products found applications across an extensive range of industries, spanning broadcast and media, education, enterprise, government, houses of worship, medical, military and defence, process control and utilities, security, and transportation sectors. In 2022, Matrox Graphics was absorbed into Matrox Video. Two years later, Matrox Imaging, was acquired by Zebra Technologies Corp. In 2024, Matrox provided this concise corporate profile: For over 45 years, Matrox has been synonymous with technology and innovation. A market leader in designing software and hardware solutions for Pro AV/IT, video, and imaging/machine vision applications, Matrox combines engineering excellence with deep industry expertise to deliver unique solutions that help our customers achieve their goals. Matrox has earned its reputation as industry leader by consistently meeting customer requirements for innovative technology and the highest manufacturing standards. Co-founded by Lorne Trottier in 1976, Matrox has pioneered a number of innovative hardware and software solutions for an array of high-tech industries. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, working closely with our global stakeholders to solve specific real-world issues. [from https://www.matrox.com/en/about/matrox] Matrox MTX 1632 Video RAM Matrox MGA Millennium In 1995, Matrox introduced the MGA Millennium graphics card, featuring the industry’s pioneering 64-bit graphics processor -- the Matrox MGA (Matrox Graphics Accelerator). At the time, it was one of the fastest PC graphics cards thanks to, amomg other solutions, its 64-bit graphics engine, unique architecture of Window RAM memory, and optimized PCI bus design. The MGA Millennium was a professional, high performance 2D and 3D graphics card that delivered fast performance for applications in areas such as desktop publishing, 2D and 3D CAD, document imaging, computer based digital video and high-end business applications. Although it was originally designed to cater to the needs of professional high-end applications requiring high resolution and high color depth support, its robust set of features made it an excellent choice for computer gaming. Matrox MGA Millennium technical specifications <ul> <li>chipset: IS-STORM (MGA2064W),</li> <li>Window RAM: 2 and 4MB, expandible to 4 and 8MB,</li> <li>ports: analog VGA out and Media XL connector (audio and composite video in/out),</li> <li>display modes: up to 1600x1200 pixel resolution, 2D and 3D,</li> <li>color support: 24-bit,</li> <li>video playback: AVI and MPEG,</li> <li>platforms: Microsoft Windows 95, later available for PCI Power Mac,</li> <li>upgrades: live video, frame capture, hardware MPEG decoding, TV viewing on a PC.</li> </ul> Software included in the MGA Millennium package <ul> <li>MPEG player,</li> <li>3DFX 3D image and animation creator, Asymetrix,</li> <li>Nascar Racing, Papyrus Design Group, Inc.,</li> <li>RenderWare graphics rendering engine, Criterion Software Ltd.</li> </ul> Museum holdings <ul> <li>Matrox MGA Millennium package,</li> <li>all Matrox items in the museum's collection are listed in the Matrox Collection.</li> </ul> Description An account of the resource Historical context Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matrox Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/15015f4145d6fdf10cca2ea8c4aa8e47.jpg dc135950e58c4e8258fda18ffdd642e0 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/4de9f22a90bc9ce019725eb40784bcb7.jpg a045cee1b8afacf8dcce78fee5ae2cc4 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 Matrox Collection Description An account of the resource Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby movement and the beginning of the rapid growth of the microcomputer market. Co-founders Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić identified an opportunity to expand the microcomputing market into video interfaces, providing microcomputers with graphic display capabilities. The company's first product, Video RAM (1976), was a specialized video-display device, which interfaced with a computer system to display computer-generated alphanumeric data stored in the device's RAM. The device's success generated the revenue necessary for the development of subsequent products. Among these were the MTX-1632 Video RAM and the ALT-series video graphics controllers. With the release of these devices, Matrox pioneered the graphics card add-on market for microcomputers. By 1978, Matrox offered a diverse line of advanced CRT display controllers, which could be used in various combinations supported with a wide choice of display formats, character sets, TV standards, display resolutions, bus compatibility, etc. According to Matrox 1978 product catalogue, "Matrox displays have been used in more than 10,000 installations in every imaginable operation: from ground control displays for the Viking mission to Mars to hobby displays." The following year, Matrox began to supply system integrators on Wall Street with a line of financial information display products. One of them, the Quad Video, powered four monitors becoming the first single-board hardware to provide multi-display support. This groundbreaking product established Matrox as the first graphics company to provide display solutions to the financial and business markets. In the 1980s, the company embarked on designing and manufacturing a range of graphics products for a variety of computer bus standards. Matrox also expanded its operations to include the production of microcomputers, such as the CCB-7 MACS and the MAP-2000 Super Microcomputer. Throughout the 1990s, Matrox introduced several lines of high-quality graphics products, notably the Millennium graphics cards, while gradually shifting its focus towards specialized markets. In the early 1990s, the company split into three distinct divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Video, and Matrox Imaging. Matrox Graphics was focused on delivering graphics solutions, Matrox Video specialized in markets for the broadcast industry and digital video editing solutions, while Matrox Imaging concentrated on component-level solutions for machine vision applications. By the turn of the century, Matrox emerged as a leading global digital imaging company, offering a broad spectrum of hardware choices supported with leading-edge software solutions. Its hardware and software products found applications across an extensive range of industries, spanning broadcast and media, education, enterprise, government, houses of worship, medical, military and defence, process control and utilities, security, and transportation sectors. In 2022, Matrox Graphics was absorbed into Matrox Video. Two years later, Matrox Imaging, was acquired by Zebra Technologies Corp. In 2024, Matrox provided this concise corporate profile: For over 45 years, Matrox has been synonymous with technology and innovation. A market leader in designing software and hardware solutions for Pro AV/IT, video, and imaging/machine vision applications, Matrox combines engineering excellence with deep industry expertise to deliver unique solutions that help our customers achieve their goals. Matrox has earned its reputation as industry leader by consistently meeting customer requirements for innovative technology and the highest manufacturing standards. Co-founded by Lorne Trottier in 1976, Matrox has pioneered a number of innovative hardware and software solutions for an array of high-tech industries. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, working closely with our global stakeholders to solve specific real-world issues. [from https://www.matrox.com/en/about/matrox] HARDWARE <ul> <li>MTX 1632 Video RAM, 1977</li> <li>Westinghouse CRT elevator control card 5206039H01 with MTX 1632 Video RAM</li> <li>ALT-256**2 graphics board, 1977</li> <li>ALT-256-AS graphics board, 1979, with two paper tapes containing <ul> <li> MATROX 8080 Graphics Package, 1977</li> <li> Graphics Package Demo, 1977</li> </ul> </li> <li>CCB-7 MACS computer, 197?</li> <li>MEGA 1/64 board, 1979</li> <li>Alpha graphics board, 1980</li> <li>BW-Alpha video board, 1982</li> <li>SX-900 board, 1985</li> <li>MIP 512 image processing board, 1985</li> <li>PIP-512 PC frame grabber, 1985</li> <li>PG-1281 graphics controller board, PG-1281/8/1.5M. 1986</li> <li>MVP-AT hardware-accelerated image processing board, 1986</li> <li>PIP-640B, 1987</li> <li>Matrox Light Pen, 1989</li> <li>Millennium, MGA MIL/21, 64-bit graphics card, 1993</li> <li>Impression graphics card, 1993</li> <li>MIL2P/4/HP video card, 1997</li> <li>G2+/MILA/8BC/5 card, 1998</li> <li>G400 graphics card, G4+MDH4A32G, 1999</li> <li>PG-641 PC board, 1991</li> <li>Marvel MM/VGA 32K TV-graphics card, 1992</li> <li>Parhelia graphics card, 2003</li> <li>Extio expander unit, 2005</li> <li>Extio PCIe extender card, 2005</li> <li>DualHead2Go graphics expansion module, 2007</li> <li>M9140 graphics card, 2008</li> <li>TripleHead2Go graphics expansion module, DP edition, 2011</li> <li>TripleHead2Go graphics expansion module, digital edition, 2008</li> <li>MURA MPX-4/4, engineering sample, 2011</li> <li>MURA IPX, board nr. 7479, 2016</li> </ul> MANUALS, TECHNICAL LITERATURE <ul> <li>MTX-1632 Video RAM, 1977</li> <li>ALT-256**2 graphics board -- complete technical documentation, 1977</li> <li>ALT-2480 Altair-IMSAI Bus Compatible Alphanumeric Display Interface, 1978(?)</li> <li>MTX-256 Application Note, April 1977</li> <li>MLSI-512 -- the MTX-512 graphics family, Feb., 1978</li> <li>MTX-512 -- graphics family of cards, 1978</li> <li>MTX-A1 display and keyboard interface, 1978</li> <li>MLSI-2480 video interface, 1979</li> <li>SX-900/LX-900 User Manual, August 1985</li> <li>PIP: Professional Image Processing for the IBM-PC, 1985(?)</li> <li>MAP-2000 Super Microcomputer, 1986</li> <li>CP-2000 Multibus CPU, 1986</li> <li>MB-2000 2MB board, 1986</li> <li>FP-2000 Multibus CPU, 1986</li> </ul> PROMOTIONAL LITERATURE, CATALOGUES, PRICE LISTS <ul> <li>The MATROX ALT-256 Video Board Product Description, reprinted from BYTE, vol. 3, nr. 5, 1978</li> <li>MATROX OEM Price List, 1978</li> <li>MATROX Microprocessor Displays, Catalogue SF-1, 1978</li> <li>MATROX product catalogue, 1982</li> <li>MATROX OEM Price List, 1984</li> <li>MIP-512 Real-Time Image Processor, 1985</li> <li>MATROX product catalogue, 2003</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/matrox_logo.jpg" alt="matrox_logo" width="30%" height="30%" border="0" /> A collection of hardware manufactured and software published by Matrox Electronics. hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 Matrox MTX 1632 Video Ram Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: video hardware Description An account of the resource Historical Context (by Z. Stachniak) Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby movement and the beginning of the rapid growth of the microcomputer market. Co-founders Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić identified an opportunity to expand the microcomputing market into video interfaces, providing microcomputers with graphic display capabilities. The company's first product, Video RAM (1976), was a specialized video-display device, which interfaced with a computer system to display computer-generated alphanumeric data stored in the device's RAM. The device's success generated the revenue necessary for the development of subsequent products. Among these were the MTX-1632 Video RAM and the ALT-series video graphics controllers. With the release of these devices, Matrox pioneered the graphics card add-on market for microcomputers. By 1978, Matrox offered a diverse line of advanced CRT display controllers, which could be used in various combinations supported with a wide choice of display formats, character sets, TV standards, display resolutions, bus compatibility, etc. According to Matrox 1978 product catalogue, "Matrox displays have been used in more than 10,000 installations in every imaginable operation: from ground control displays for the Viking mission to Mars to hobby displays." The following year, Matrox began to supply system integrators on Wall Street with a line of financial information display products. One of them, the Quad Video, powered four monitors becoming the first single-board hardware to provide multi-display support. This groundbreaking product established Matrox as the first graphics company to provide display solutions to the financial and business markets. In the 1980s, the company embarked on designing and manufacturing a range of graphics products for a variety of computer bus standards. Matrox also expanded its operations to include the production of microcomputers, such as the CCB-7 MACS and the MAP-2000 Super Microcomputer. Throughout the 1990s, Matrox introduced several lines of high-quality graphics products, notably the Millennium graphics cards, while gradually shifting its focus towards specialized markets. In the early 1990s, the company split into three distinct divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Video, and Matrox Imaging. Matrox Graphics was focused on delivering graphics solutions, Matrox Video specialized in markets for the broadcast industry and digital video editing solutions, while Matrox Imaging concentrated on component-level solutions for machine vision applications. By the turn of the century, Matrox emerged as a leading global digital imaging company, offering a broad spectrum of hardware choices supported with leading-edge software solutions. Its hardware and software products found applications across an extensive range of industries, spanning broadcast and media, education, enterprise, government, houses of worship, medical, military and defence, process control and utilities, security, and transportation sectors. In 2022, Matrox Graphics was absorbed into Matrox Video. Two years later, Matrox Imaging, was acquired by Zebra Technologies Corp. In 2024, Matrox provided this concise corporate profile: For over 45 years, Matrox has been synonymous with technology and innovation. A market leader in designing software and hardware solutions for Pro AV/IT, video, and imaging/machine vision applications, Matrox combines engineering excellence with deep industry expertise to deliver unique solutions that help our customers achieve their goals. Matrox has earned its reputation as industry leader by consistently meeting customer requirements for innovative technology and the highest manufacturing standards. Co-founded by Lorne Trottier in 1976, Matrox has pioneered a number of innovative hardware and software solutions for an array of high-tech industries. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, working closely with our global stakeholders to solve specific real-world issues. [from https://www.matrox.com/en/about/matrox] Matrox MTX 1632 Video RAM Matrox MTX 1632 Video RAM, introduced in 1977, was the successor to the company's first product -- the Video RAM.  As its predecessor, it was a specialized video display controller designed for use in systems that required display of alphanumeric data stored in the device's RAM. One of the companies that employed the MTX-1632 Video RAM was Westinghouse which used the device in one of its CRT elevator control cards (see the image of Westinghouse CRT elevator control card 5206039H01 with MTX 1632 Video RAM). Matrox MTX 1632 Video RAM Technical specifications <ul> <li>display: 16 lines of 32 characters, flicker free, upper/lower case,</li> <li>refresh: no extarnal refresh,</li> <li>data bus: bidirectional,</li> <li>power: 5V,</li> <li>technology: TTL compatible.</li> </ul> Museum holdings <ul> <li>MTX 1632 Video RAM,</li> <li>Westinghouse CRT elevator control card 5206039H01 with MTX 1632 Video RAM,</li> <li>MTX-1632 Video RAM  technical documentation, Matrox, 1977.</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matrox Electronic Systems Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 Relation A related resource Matrox collection https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/5f0c1cd21ed61a557ae9b74ea24ca960.jpg bbd490207408c3b824c721702aad2d2f hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 Matrox Alt-256**2 computer graphics card Subject The topic of the resource hardware: computer graphics card Description An account of the resource Matrox Electronic Systems was established in Montreal in 1976 at the peak of the North American computer hobby movement and the beginning of the rapid growth of the microcomputer market. Co-founders Lorne Trottier and Branko Matić identified an opportunity to expand the microcomputing market into video interfaces, providing microcomputers with graphic display capabilities. The company's first product, Video RAM (1976), was a specialized video-display device, which interfaced with a computer system to display computer-generated alphanumeric data stored in the device's RAM. The device's success generated the revenue necessary for the development of subsequent products. Among these were the MTX-1632 Video RAM and the ALT-series video graphics controllers. With the release of these devices, Matrox pioneered the graphics card add-on market for microcomputers. By 1978, Matrox offered a diverse line of advanced CRT display controllers, which could be used in various combinations supported with a wide choice of display formats, character sets, TV standards, display resolutions, bus compatibility, etc. According to Matrox 1978 product catalogue, "Matrox displays have been used in more than 10,000 installations in every imaginable operation: from ground control displays for the Viking mission to Mars to hobby displays." The following year, Matrox began to supply system integrators on Wall Street with a line of financial information display products. One of them, the Quad Video, powered four monitors becoming the first single-board hardware to provide multi-display support. This groundbreaking product established Matrox as the first graphics company to provide display solutions to the financial and business markets. In the 1980s, the company embarked on designing and manufacturing a range of graphics products for a variety of computer bus standards. Matrox also expanded its operations to include the production of microcomputers, such as the CCB-7 MACS and the MAP-2000 Super Microcomputer. Throughout the 1990s, Matrox introduced several lines of high-quality graphics products, notably the Millennium graphics cards, while gradually shifting its focus towards specialized markets. In the early 1990s, the company split into three distinct divisions: Matrox Graphics, Matrox Video, and Matrox Imaging. Matrox Graphics was focused on delivering graphics solutions, Matrox Video specialized in markets for the broadcast industry and digital video editing solutions, while Matrox Imaging concentrated on component-level solutions for machine vision applications. By the turn of the century, Matrox emerged as a leading global digital imaging company, offering a broad spectrum of hardware choices supported with leading-edge software solutions. Its hardware and software products found applications across an extensive range of industries, spanning broadcast and media, education, enterprise, government, houses of worship, medical, military and defence, process control and utilities, security, and transportation sectors. In 2022, Matrox Graphics was absorbed into Matrox Video. Two years later, Matrox Imaging, was acquired by Zebra Technologies Corp. In 2024, Matrox provided this concise corporate profile: For over 45 years, Matrox has been synonymous with technology and innovation. A market leader in designing software and hardware solutions for Pro AV/IT, video, and imaging/machine vision applications, Matrox combines engineering excellence with deep industry expertise to deliver unique solutions that help our customers achieve their goals. Matrox has earned its reputation as industry leader by consistently meeting customer requirements for innovative technology and the highest manufacturing standards. Co-founded by Lorne Trottier in 1976, Matrox has pioneered a number of innovative hardware and software solutions for an array of high-tech industries. Today, we continue to be at the forefront of cutting-edge technology, working closely with our global stakeholders to solve specific real-world issues. [from https://www.matrox.com/en/about/matrox] Matrox 256**2 The ALT-256**2 was a computer graphics card designed for the industry standard S-100 bus. It was released in 1977 and offered graphics support for applications in areas such as computer aided design, business and education, etc. The card was supported with the MTX-GRAPH software package, which offerd commonly used low level graphics routines. From the "The Matrox ALT-256 Video Board, Product Description": The Matrox-256 represents one approach to high resolution graphics capabilities for the Altair (S-100) bus. Multiple board systems can be used for medical displays, research applications, pseudo color imaging, fast animated displays, computer aided design, sophisticated computer games and computer generated art. For Star Trek freak, now there is available a real (if imaginary) universe to save, rather than a slow printer banging our descriptions. For the artist, a canvas; the researcher, a window; and the kids, an electronic sketch pad. Matrox 256**2 Technical specifications <ul> <li>display: from 64 x 64 to 256 x 256 pixels, MTX GRAPH software selected, color or grayscale,</li> <li>display memory: 16KB dynamic RAM, sixteen Signteics 2660 dynamic RAM chips, 4096 x 1 bit each,</li> <li>video standard: American or European, jumper selectable,</li> <li>multiple board option: jumper selectable,</li> <li>software: MTX GRAPH.</li> </ul> The Museum holdings <ul> <li>Matrox 256**2, technical documentation, Matrox (1977),</li> <li>ALT-256-AS graphics board, 1979, with two paper tapes containing <ul> <li> MATROX 8080 Graphics Package, 1977</li> <li> Graphics Package Demo, 1977</li> </ul> </li> <li>The Matrox ALT-256 Video Board, Product Description, Byte Magazine (May 1978), pp.24-30,</li> <li>Matrox Microprocessor Displays, Catalogue, SF1, Matrox (April, 1978).</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Matrox Electronic Systems Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1977 Relation A related resource Matrox collection https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/81841e2e4f1dc29145fd6dc6629c4ed0.jpg 444a7818c898c31006a416e358a5e8e1 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/dbd7bfc5f9084ed8e958e2ca9d4e5b74.jpg 5f12388d3169344bd20241a21b3b40a3 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/01877f0bc16464c5186ef0a5e20c9b96.jpg 19e5ec93113875899e8be2cb12496eae https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/10046bfd4d5788329d35aaa2b12248bd.jpg a65dd0609bf2a5674b7016c8993d228d 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 DATAR Archive Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/datar_logo.jpg" alt="Nortel_logo" width="25%" height="25%" border="0" /> An archive of documents on Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System (DATAR) created by Commander James (Jim) Louis Belyea, Royal Canadian Navy. Description An account of the resource DATAR (Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting) was a comprehensive digital electronic system developed at the Royal Canadian Navy between late 1940s and early 1950s. Its purpose was to assist and aid naval command during complex naval warfare situations caused by large volume of high speed targets (e.g. airplanes and submarines). DATAR was to provide the command with a complete, up-to-date, and accurate picture of the tactical and strategic situations. It was to rapidly analyze data received from a variety of sources and to provide the necessary information and issue commands to all the ships linked by the DATAR network. DATAR was a brainchild of Royal Canadian Navy Lieutenant  James Louis Belyea. The first known proposal for the system was summarized in his  April 15, 1948 document entitled DATAR. A successful demonstration of DATAR  took place in Fall 1953 on Lake Ontario using a three-ship convoy  consisting of two Bangor-class minesweepers (HMCS Granby and Digby) and the third ship simulated by a shore station on the Scarborough Bluffs overlooking Lake Ontario. At the heart of the demonstrated DATAR system were three special-purpose digital computers built by Ferranti Electric Ltd, Toronto, and installed on the ships. Canadian, American and British military observing the demonstration were impressed with the system's performance and potential. It is difficult to overestimate DATAR's historical significance. The project contributed to the creation of the first  Canadian computer companies (e.g. Computing Devices of Canada), originated the first digital electronics research centers within Canadian companies (e.g. the Electronics Division of Ferranti Electric Ltd.), and spawned the first generation of digital electronics engineers. DATAR also resulted in the development and demonstration of the first wireless computer communications network and of the installation and operation of an electronic digital computer equipment in a mobile environment. It introduced novel digital transmission equipment, input and display devices  (the trackball and a new generation of radar tracker displays). In the words of Arthur Porter, director of research at Ferranti Electric's Electronics Division, DATAR was "the most advanced system of its kind in the world." Now, DATAR symbolizes Canada's early entrance into computer age at the end of the 1940s. In 1958, due to claimed high costs of development, the construction of the full scale DATAR system was canceled. Some historians conjectured that all the technical reports on DATAR have either been destroyed or lost. However, in 2021, Belyea estate donated J.L Belyea's archive to YUCoM. At least this collection of documents offers a glimpse into the creation of DATAR -- one of the most significant  Canadian technological achievements. For more information on DATAR, visit <a href="http://www.cse.yorku.ca/~zbigniew/papers/Cold_War_Computing_CH_Feb_Mar_22.pdf">Cold War Computing</a>. Reports, technical notes <ul> <li>J. Belyea, DATAR, Canadian Naval Electronics Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada, April 15, 1948 [D9]</li> <li>Staff Target, Naval DATAR Equipment Type WEB-1 for A/S Escort Use, N.S.S. 7428-16 (5 pages), unsigned, August 15, 1949 [D23]</li> <li>Development Target, Naval DATAR Equipment Type WEB-1, N.S.S. 7428-16 (3 pages), unsigned, March 29, 1950 [D23]</li> <li>Jim Belyea, DATAR, A New Development, Report no. D.400, Ottawa, Ontario, January 28, 1950 [D7]</li> <li>Automated Tracking, A Report to the Electrical Engineer-in-Chief, Electronics Design Section, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa Canada,  Technical Report no. 3, Ferranti Electric Ltd., Toronto, Canada, November 1950 [D26]</li> <li>DATAR Study, A Report To: The Electrical Engineer-in -Chief, Electronics Design Section, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada, technical Report No. 6, E.E.C. Ref. 1440,  Ferranti Electric Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, November, 1950. [D6]</li> <li>J.L. Belyea and J.B. Hall, Report on Londonderry Trip, memorandum to E.E.C, E.E.C Ref. 1436, N.S.S. 7428-16 (TS) November 14, 1950; the report includes: <ul> <li>J.L. Belyea, Report of visits to HMCS "Magnificent", HMCS "Huron" and Joint A/S School, Londonderry 22 August, to 15 September, 1950, to study A/S Warfare matters affecting the Datar development project, report NsC 7428-IL, November 14, 1950 [D15]</li> <li>S.F. Knights, Report on 1950 Summer Cruise of HMCS "Magnificent", "Huron", and "Micmac" from 22 August, to 15 September, 1950, with a view to an evaluation of Datar application, November 14, 1950 [D15]</li> <li>L.R. Wood, Report of the Ferranti Electric Limited representative to the RCN exercises at Londonderry during September, 1950, in connection with the Datar development project, October 12, 1950 [D15]</li> </ul> </li> <li>A Proposal For a Datar System, Technical Report No. 8, RL 109.19,  Ferranti Electric Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, September 1, 1951. [D3]</li> <li>Specifications for DATAR Model, A Report to Datar Committee, National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, Canada, Ferranti Electric Ltd., Research Department, Toronto, Canada, November 16, 1951 [D4]</li> <li>J.M. Davison and E.J. Miller, Meeting of the Development Section, EEC/CNTS, R.C.N.,  A/EEC(D) Technical Note nr. 1500, April 9, 1951 [D19]</li> <li>E.J. Miller, Organization of Effort for the Datar Development Programme, A/EEC(D) Technical Note nr. 5000, May 8, 1951 [D19]</li> <li>E.J. Miller, Discussion on Datar Between Representatives of the R.C.N. and Ferranti Electric Limited, A/EEC(D) Technical Note nr. 5001, May 8, 1951 [D19]</li> <li>The Experimental Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System (DATAR), Part Two -- Technical Description, Royal Canadian Navy, Naval Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, 15 August, 1953 [D2]</li> <li>R.C.N. Development of a Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System (DATAR), NSS 7428-16 (Staff), April 1, 1953 [D22]</li> <li>DATAR -- An Explanation, unsigned, undated [D22]</li> <li>Tentative Staff Requirements, Naval A/S DATAR Equipment, unsigned, undated [D22]</li> <li>S.F. Knights, A Progress Report on DATAR, NSS 7426-16 (EEC), September 16, 1954 [D21]</li> <li>RCN Proposal for International Automatic Radio Message, Appendix "A" to NSS 7428-16 (EEC), February 7, 1955 [D21]</li> <li>DATAR Project "SPIDER" - Royal Canadian Navy (preliminary document and corrections), undated [D10]</li> <li>Some Typical Problems as Seen in DATAR by Mr. S.F. Knights, undated [D11]</li> <li>Partial List of Problems Involved in DATAR, undated [D11]</li> </ul> Minutes of meetings <ul> <li>Minutes of an Inter-Service Meeting held 14th October, 1949 to discuss DATA[R], Transmission problems and DRB contracts X-3-3 and K-5-1 [D19]</li> <li>J.S. Johnson, [minutes of] 2nd Meeting of Project Committee on DATAR, NSS 7428-16, November 15, 1950 [D19]</li> <li>J.S. Johnson, [minutes of] Special Meeting of the Research Control Committee [on DATAR], NSS 7428-16, June 17, 1950 [D19]</li> <li>E.J. Miller, Minutes of Second Meeting of the Development Section, EEC/CNTS, R.C.N., 20 April, 1951, A/EEC(D) Technical Note nr. 1501, May 9, 1951 [D19]</li> <li>J.S. Johnson, Minutes of 4th Meeting [of Project Committee on DATAR] held at 1400, 9 February, 1951, NSS 7428-16 [D19]</li> <li>J.S. Johnson, Minutes of 5th Meeting [of Project Committee on DATAR] held at 1400, 13 March, 1951, NSS 7428-16 [D19]</li> </ul> Laboratory records, notebooks, and handwritten notes <ul> <li>Jim Belyea, Confidential Notebook, RCN Room 2311C, EEC/CNTS, National Headquarters, Ottawa, undated [D8]</li> <li>Jim Belyea, a file of handwritten notes named "Old" DATAR Notes, undated, [D12]</li> <li>J. Belyea, a file of handwritten notes on DATAR, 1950s [D14]</li> <li>J. Belyea, handwritten technical notes, undated [D9A]</li> <li>J. Belyea's handwritten notes on the early days of DATAR, 16 pages, undated [D1]</li> <li>M.K. Taylor, Ferranti Electric Ltd. Laboratory Record, Book no. 1, December 2. 1949 - February 1953 [D5] </li> <li>J. Belyea, a file of handwritten notes on DATAR and tactical trainers, 1980s [D26A]</li> </ul> Other Documents <ul> <li>E.E.C Specification #E4 901, Construction of a Data Transmission System, November 25, 1948 [D25]</li> <li>E.E.C Specification #E4 900, A Study of Data Transmission Methods, November 26, 1948 [D25]</li> <li>E.E.C Specification #D2-04, Datar programme -- technical study contract, August 18, 1950 [D25]</li> <li>J. Belyea, Memorandum on the present status of the R.C.N. Development Program on a Tactical Integrated System for anti-submarine warfare applications, August 16, 1950 [D17]</li> <li>J. Belyea, "Dolphins": A proposal for exploiting DATAR in the anti-submarine role [...], October 1, 1953 [D16]</li> <li>General Schedule of A/S Type DATAR Programme, EEC/CNTS (1 page), unsigned, March 11, 1951 [D24]</li> <li>W.H.G. Rogers, Data Transmission Systems, memorandum to the chairman, The Warning and Identification Subcommittee, Joint  Telecommunications Committee, Department of National Defence, NSS 7428-16, July 9, 1952 [D17]</li> <li>A file of RCN DATAR documents consisting of: </li> <ul> <li>D.J. Hanington,  a draft covering letter to JCEC re Naval Data Processing System - "DATAR", December 4, 1953  (1 page) [D18]</li> <li>Minutes of 3rd Meeting, held at 1430, 3rd November, 1953 at 139 1/2 Sparks Street, Data Processing Sub-Committee of the Joint Telecommunications Committee (2 pages), unsigned, undated [D18]</li> <li>W.H.G. Roger, Naval Data Processing System - "DATAR", memorandum to the Chairman, Data Transmission Sub-Committee, NSS 7426-16 (EEC), (1 page) Ottawa, November 30, 1953 [D18]</li> <li>Appendix A: A Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System, Draft Staff Requirements, (3 pages) National Defence Headquarters, Ottawa, June 19, 1953 [D18]</li> <li>Appendix B: A Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System, Operational Specifications (14 pages), NSS 7428-16 (Stuff), July 16, 1953 [D18]</li> <li>Appendix C: DATAR - The Model X Experimental and Demonstration System, NSS 7428-16, unsigned, undated (19pages) [D18]</li> <li> A Digital Automatic Tracking and Remoting System (DATAR), Operational Specifications (3 pages) July 16, 1953 [D18]</li> </ul> <li>Financial Statement -- FM 109,069, Datar Project, unsigned, undated [D22]</li> <li>W.H.G. Roger, Research and Development  Estimates, 1956-57, memorandum to D.S.S., NSS 2200-56(EEC), August 8, 1955 [D22]</li> <li>S.F. Knights, Specification. Facilities desired in 3 -Ship Datar Model, undated [21]</li> <li>Five J. Belyea's notebooks with handwritten technical notes, 1946-1951</li> </ul> Photographs and drawings <ul> <li>Two photographs of DATAR demonstration system included with the report [D7]</li> <li>One photograph of DATAR demonstration system module (included with [D5])</li> <li>A photograph of an electronic board (included with [D5])</li> <li>A block diagram of DATAR architecture, title: U.S.N. Version of DATAR (I) (Interim System (before 1952)), Canadian Naval Electronic Laboratory, May 26, 1948 [D20]</li> <li>A block diagram of DATAR architecture, title: U.S.N. Version of DATAR (II), Fully Automatic Systems (before 1957), Canadian Naval Electronic Laboratory, May 26, 1948 [D20]</li> <li>schematic diagram of an unidentified electronic unit, Ferranti Electric Ltd., Toronto, Canada, February 17, 1949 [D20]</li> </ul> Correspondence <ul> <li>a letter from W.B. Lewis to G.S. Field regarding DATAR demonstration, February 3, 1950 [D24]</li> <li>a letter from W.H.C. Roger to J.L. Belyea about Belyea's contributions to DATAR earning commendation from Naval, February 11, 1950 [D24]</li> <li>email correspondence between  Jim Belyea and Ken Bowering, February-April,  2010 [D0]</li> <li>A letter from A. Porter, Head of Research Department, Ferranti Electric Ltd, to the Naval Secretary, Navy Headquarters, National Defence Building, Ottawa, Ontario, regarding "Patents arising out of development work in connection with contracts for The Electrical Engineer-in-Chief", June 26, 1950 [D13]</li> </ul> Still Image A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. 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 DATAR images Subject The topic of the resource DATAR project Description An account of the resource DATAR project: scans of photographs and front pages of technical documents. For full listing of DATAR-related documents and photographs, consult DATAR Collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Royal Canadian Navy Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1948-1956 Relation A related resource DATAR collection Language A language of the resource English 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, 1940s-1950s https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/614e30ce58c479764671606e4d61404d.jpg 0c8f650cb490ed49bfc82a8f72740ab7 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/6edc06380f69bcfdb70ddb60e9eac6b4.jpg 78dd8748b41f806bc4069219e1cf5a8d https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/ac2ecab14b982a47b7ed2acb87f60d1a.jpg d7776750fc36eca1a817725f793059f4 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/10e69420792b0ccdef4140908c73f3a9.jpg e59c87234814adbada5845480ed33982 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 ATI Collection Description An account of the resource ATI Technologies Inc. was an electronics corporation and a world leader that specialized in the design, development, and manufacture of computer graphics solutions and chipsets for computer desktop and notebook platforms as well as workstation, set-top box, game console and handhold markets. The company was founded in 1985 in Markham, Ontario as Array Technology Inc. (or ATI) by K.Y. Ho, Lee Ka Lau, Benny Lau, and Francis Lau. ATI's first successful line of integrated graphics cards (sold to IBM and Commodore) allowed the company to rapidly grow into one of the leading manufacturers in its sector and to go public in 1993. By 2001, its revenues exceeded US $1 billion. ATI introduced several lines of graphics cards and chipsets including EGA and VGA Wonder in the late 1980s, the Mach8, 32, and 64 in the early 1990s, Rage and All-in-Wonder in the second half of the 1990s, and the Radeon line of graphics products in the early 2000s. In 2006, ATI was acquired by Advanced Micro Devices (or AMD) which continued to use the ATI branding until 2010. Acquisition: The objects in the collection have been donated by: AMD and Zbigniew Stachniak. HARDWARE <ul> <li>ATI VIP graphics card (1988)</li> <li>ATI VGA Wonder-16, rev. 2 (1988)</li> <li>ATI VGA 1024 graphics card, v4-01 (1989)</li> <li>ATI VGA 1024 graphics card, V60M-1.03 (1990)</li> <li>ATI VGA WONDER+ graphics card (1990)</li> <li>ATI 2400etc/e modem (1990)</li> <li>ATI 28300 SA Graphics Adapter (1991)</li> <li>ATI ATi Graphics Vantage card (1991)</li> <li>VGAWonder XL24, ver. 4.1, ATI (1992)</li> <li>ATI 14.4I/R.1.625 board (1993)</li> <li>ATI VGAWONDER GT graphics card (1993)</li> <li>ATI All-in-Wonder prototype, PCI bus, multimedia board (1994?)</li> <li>ATI GR WONDER VLB (1994)</li> <li>ATI PCI MARCH64 video card (1996)</li> <li>ATI PCI MARCH64 GT video card (1997)</li> <li>ATI RageII+ graphics card (1997)</li> <li>ATI 3d cHARGER (1997)</li> <li>ATI Rage 128PRO video card (2000)</li> <li>ATI Radeon 7000 32MB TVO (2001)</li> <li>ATI All-in-Wonder 9800 PRO, AGP 8x, multimedia board (2002)</li> <li>ATI TV Wonder USB 2.0, TV tuner, video capture adapter (2004?)</li> <li>ATI Radeon EAX1800 (2005)</li> <li>ATI HD 2600 PRO, AGP 8x512MB, multimedia board (2005?)</li> <li>ATI Theater tuner capture, PCIExpress 16MB, video capture board (2005?)</li> <li>ATI Radeon HD 3650, PCIExpress 256MB, GPU board (2006?)</li> <li>ATI Radeon HD 3650, AGP 8x512MB 256MB, GPU board (2006?)</li> <li>ATI RV100, PCIExpress 64MB, GPU board (2002?)</li> <li>ATI RV351, AGPx8, GPU board (2006?)</li> <li>ATI M24 dual GPU, PCIExpress, MCM memory, custom DFP display GPU board (200?)</li> <li>ATI RV620 display port, PCIExpress 256MB, GPU board (2008?)</li> <li>AMD ATI Radeon B276 graphics card (2008?)</li> <li>ATI FirePRO MultiView, PCIExpress 256MB, workstation GPU (2008?)</li> <li>AMD ATI B403, PCIExpress 256MB, display GPU board (2010?)</li> <li>AMD ATI B276 109-B27631-00 256MB Low Profile PCI-e DVI S-Video Graphics Card (200?)</li> </ul> SOFTWARE <ul> <li>EGA Wonder, ATI (5.25" diskette, 1986)</li> <li>ATI Graphics Solution (5.25" diskette, 1987)</li> <li>VGA Wonder, rev. 1.01, ATI (two 5.25" diskettes, 1988)</li> <li>VGA 1024, ver. 2.2, ATI (four 5.25" diskettes, 1989)</li> <li>VGAWonder GT, ver. 1.0, ATI (two 5.25" diskettes, 1990-93)</li> <li>VGAWonder GT, ver. 4.1, ATI (two 5.25" diskettes, 1990-93)</li> <li>mach64 NT Installation Disk, ver. 2.01 (two 3.5" diskettes, 1990-95)</li> <li>mach64 NT Driver, ver. 2.00 (two 3.5" diskettes, 1990-95)</li> <li>mach64 Windows 3.1x Driver/MPEG player, ver. 2.01 (two 3.5" diskettes, 1990-95)</li> <li>mach64 Windows 95 Driver/MPEG player, ver. 2.01 and 2.08 (two 3.5" diskettes, 1990-95)</li> <li>mach64 NT Driver/MPEG player, ver. 2.00 (one 3.5" diskette, 1990-95)</li> <li>VGAWonder XL24, ver. 4.0, ATI (two 5.25" diskettes, 1992)</li> <li>VGAWonder XL24, ver. 4.1, ATI (two 5.25" diskettes, 1990-93)</li> <li>Graphics Solution, ATI (one 5.25" diskette, 199?)</li> </ul> MANUALS, TECHNICAL LITERATURE <ul> <li>Graphics Solution, Operation Manual, ATI (April 1987)</li> <li>Graphics Solution, Manual, ATI (June 1988)</li> <li>Graphics Solution, Manual, version 2.0, ATI (September 1989)</li> <li>VGA Wonder, High Performance VGA, User's Guide, version 3.0, ATI (July 1989)</li> <li>2400etc User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (July 1990)</li> <li>9600ETC-E User's Guide, version 3.0, ATI (December 1991)</li> <li>Stereo-F/X User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (September 1991)</li> <li>ATI 14400 ETC-Express User's Guide, fax-modem, version 1, ATI (October 1993)</li> <li>VGAWonder GT, User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (June 1993)</li> <li>VGAWonder XL24, User's Guide, version 3.2, ATI (June 1993)</li> <li>VIDEO BASIC User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (August 1994)</li> <li>VIDEO-iT! User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (June 1994)</li> <li>Mach 64, Graphics PRO TURBO 1600, Graphics PRO TURBO, Graphics Expression, WINTURBO, WINBOOST, User's Guide version 2.0, ATI (1994-95)</li> <li>Getting Started... Installing Your ATI Graphics Accelerator Card, version 1.0, ATI (June 1998)</li> <li>Getting Started, Installing Your Graphics Accelerator Card, version 4.0, ATI (June 1998)</li> <li>ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON, ALL-IN-WONDER 128 PRO, ALL-IN-WONDER 128, Installation and Setup User's Guide, version 4.0, ATI (2000)</li> <li>REX VGA Card, R7000L Series, User's Guide, version 1.0, ATI (200?)</li> <li> ATI Multimedia Center User's Guide, version 5.0, ATI (2000)</li> </ul> ATI publications <ul> <li>RED magazine, issues: Spring and Fall (2006)</li> </ul> Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/ati_logo.jpg" alt="MCM_logo" width="20%" height="20%" border="0" /> A collection of hardware manufactured and software published by ATI. hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 ATI graphics cards Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: graphics cards Description An account of the resource Graphics cards and GPUs manufactured by ATI of Markham, Ontario. For full listing of ATI hardware, consult ATI Collection. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource ATI Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-2008 Relation A related resource ATI collection https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/0475b53e9f93d831bf6f3d5f3c0d0597.jpg edb5b89a1195d5c180e9dbfaf07bbb50 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/007972d84bda3d809bcd792f3dbee098.png 0aac06d7d2a07651fc9500194c86e0b7 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 Micro Computer Machines Collection Description An account of the resource <div>In April, 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor — the 8008. In just a few months, the prototypes of the first general purpose computers powered by the 8008 chip were already working on site at the French company Réalisations et Études Électroniques located in the suburbs of Paris and at Micro Computer Machines (MCM) with headquarters situated on the outskirts of Toronto. These firms fully recognized, articulated, and acted upon the immense potential of the budding microprocessor technology for the development of a new generation of cost effective computing systems. However, it was MCM which built and, later, manufactured the first microprocessor-based computer designed specifically for personal use — the first PC. MCM's first computer—the MCM/70—was designed in the period between 1972 and 73 and announced on September 25, 1973, in Toronto. The computer was unveiled in New York on September 27th and, the following day, in Boston. One of its early prototypes was demonstrated in May of 1973 during the Fifth International APL Users' Conference in Toronto. The MCM/70 computers were purchased in North America and Europe by acedemic institutions as well as large organizations and companies including Chevron Oil Research Company, Firestone, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, and U.S. Army. The MCM/70 was followed by the MCM/700 (1975), /800 (1976), /900 (1977), the Power (1980) computers.</div> <div> Acquisition: The objects in the collection have been donated by E.M. Edwards Estate, A. Arpen, R. Bernecky, R. Elliott, L. Gladstone, M. Kutt, J. Laraya, G. Ramer, R. Rea, G. Seeds, M. Smyth, Z. Stachniak, and J. Woods. HARDWARE <ul> <li>Early MCM/70 prototype (based on Intel SIM8-01) (1972)</li> <li>Memory board from the rack-mounted MCM/70 prototype (1972)</li> <li>MCM/70 Executive (1973)</li> <li>early MCM/70 ROM board (1973?)</li> <li>MCM/70 Model 708 computer (1974)</li> <li>MCM/70 power supply (1974?)</li> <li>MCM printer, Model MCP 132 N (1975)</li> <li>DDS-1000 Diskette Subsystem (1975)</li> <li>MPD-1000 Diskette Subsystem (1975)</li> <li>A prototype of an MCM/700 variant designed by E.E. Edwards (1975?)</li> <li>MCM/800 Model 808 computer (1976)</li> <li>A prototype of an MCM/800 variant designed by E.E. Edwards (1977?)</li> <li>MCM/900 Model 924 computer (1978)</li> <li>MCM Micro Power Model 524 computer (1981)</li> </ul>  SOFTWARE  <ul> <li>MCM/70 Mathematics Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Statistics Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Finance Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Electricity and Electrical Engineering Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Fun and Games Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>APL A* code listings, June 4, 1980</li> </ul>  MANUALS and GUIDES   <ul> <li>MCM/70 Introductory Manual, Micro Computer Machines (1973)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, MCM/70 User's Guide, Micro Computer Machines (1974) (spiral bounded preprint)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, MCM/70 User's Guide , Micro Computer Machines, Toronto and Kingston (1974)</li> <li>MCM/70 Installation Guide, MCM (1974?)</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, Distributor Service Manual, Preliminary issue, Micro Computer Machines (September 1974)</li> <li>MCP-132 (HyType) Printer Operating Guide, MCM (July 1975)</li> <li>MCM/APL Reference Cards, MCM (1976 and May 1981)</li> <li>SCI-1200 Communications Sub-System, Installation Instructions and Reference Manual, MCM (1976?)</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer User's Guide, rev. 1 (June 1, 1977)</li> <li>DDS-500 Dual Disk System User Guide [preliminary], Micro Computer Machines (June 8, 1977)</li> <li>MCM System/800 Utilities Manual, rev. AA, MCM (August 1977)</li> <li>MCM Computers System 800: Using The MCM Computer as a Terminal and Transferring Data to and from APL Plus, manual nr. 018 033, rev. AA, MCM (January 1978)</li> <li>VDU-9620 Reference Manual, MCM (August 1978)</li> <li>DDS-1000 Diskette Drive User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (October 1978)</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing System, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AC (November 1978)</li> <li>MCM/900 User's Manual, rev. AB, MCM (December 1978)</li> <li>MCM LIB/8 System Documentation [describes a collection of APL functions which facilitate the creation and maintenance of a library of user application packages for the MCM/800], Micro Computer Machines (197?)</li> <li>FAS: Financial Accounting System User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd. (197?)</li> <li>Fast Functions on the MCM/900, MCM Computers Ltd. (197?)</li> <li>FAS: Financial MCM System/900 Utilities Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (February 1979)</li> <li>MCM System/900 Utilities Manual, rev. AA, MCM (February 1979)</li> <li>Communications Subsystem Reference Manual, rev. AB, MCM Computers Ltd. (March 1979)</li> <li>MCM/900 User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AC (May 1979)</li> <li>TEXT/900 With Data Files, Supplementary Documentation, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (July 1979)</li> <li>CAS-900 Client Accounting System, MCM Computers Ltd. (September 19, 1979)</li> <li>DCS: Data Communication System User's Guide, version 3, MCM Computers Ltd. (April 1980)</li> <li>Small Business System: Programmer's Reference Manual, version 1, MCM Computers Ltd. (August 1980)</li> <li>MCM/APL User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (September 1980)</li> <li>Client Accounting System, General Ledger, Accounting Reports, MCM Computers Ltd. (February 1981)</li> <li>Client Accounting System, Time and Charges, MCM Computers Ltd. (February 1981)</li> <li>924/1024 System Technical Manual [preliminary], MCM (February 27, 1981)</li> <li>[]ZZ System Functions User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (March 31, 1981)</li> <li>A Fast []FNT Type Numeric Formatter, MCM Computers Ltd., 7 pages (1 May, 1981)</li> <li>Power Mail: Message Processing Facility, MCM (May 1981)</li> <li>POWER Utilities User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (June 1981)</li> <li>Distributor Announcement, No. 44, MCM (May 11, 1982)</li> </ul>  CORPORATE DOCUMENTS      1971  <ul> <li>Hypothecation of Shares and Purchase of Shares Agreements Between Gordon Ramer and Merslau Kutt (December 28, 1971)</li> <li>Kutt Systems, Inc., Micro Computer Machines Inc., and MCM Computers Ltd. corporate data, Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Toronto, file number 251340 (copy on micro-fish)</li> <li>Intel's Invoice for: SIM4-01, MP7-01, and MCS-4 chip set to be sent to Mers Kutt, December 28, 1971</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM4-01, MP7-01, and MCS-4 chip set to be sent to Mers Kutt, signed by Hank Smith, December 28, 1971</li> </ul>       1972 <ul> <li>Intel, Shipping Request for SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be delivered to Mers Kutt, May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel, Packing Slip for SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be delivered to Mers Kutt, May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be sent to Kutt Systems Inc., May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM8-01 to be sent to Kutt Systems Inc., May 23, 1972</li> <li>Minutes of the Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of KUTT SYSTEMS INC., Saturday, November 11, 1972, 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1972 Financial Statements (draft), 7 pages</li> <li>Letter from Hal Fenney (Intel) to Mers Kutt, October 4, 1972 [re SIM8-01 board], 1 page</li> <li>Note from Hank Smith (Intel) to Mers Kutt, October 4, 1972 [re SIM8-01 board], 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1972 Financial Statements, 7 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Company Certificate from the Registry Office for the Registry Division of Toronto (April 17, 1972)</l i></li> </ul>        1973 <ul> <li>Collection of design documents of two MCM/70 prototypes (April-July, 1973)</li> <li>Agreement to Purchase and Transfer Stock (March 7, 1973?)</li> <li>Receipt for MCM shares purchase (April 5, 1973)</li> <li>Portfolio of MCM Shareholder Documents (May 7 and May 14, 1973)</li> <li>Agreement between G. Ramer and M. Kutt, 4 pages (May 16, 1973) Letter to MCM shareholders, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages (August 24, 1973)</li> <li>Letter from Micro Computer Machines to Canadian Consulates, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages (November 1, 1973)</li> <li>Letter to MCM shareholders, signed Mers Kutt, President, 1 page (November 1973)</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1973 Interim Financial Statements (unedited), 6 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1973 Financial Statements, 6 pages</li> <li>Collection of MCM corporate information documents (1973)</li> <li>Collection of Kutt Systems Inc. and MCM Inc. Corporate Documents (1973)</li> </ul>        1974 <ul> <li>MCM corporate information, 31 pages, 1974</li> <li>Letter to potential users of MCM products, February 1974, signed by Peter J. Wolfe, Manager, Business Systems, 1 page.</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Purchase Order no 10199 [for Intel's MCS8s], March 1, 1974, 1 page</li> <li>Data Device Corporation price list for MCM products, May 13, 1974, 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 17, 1974, signed ?, Secretary</li> <li>Data Device Corporation quotation for an MCM/70 system, May 21, 1974, signed Ted Berg, Vice President, 1 page</li> <li>Letter to shareholders of Micro Computer Machines Inc,. May 28, 1974, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages</li> <li>"To the members of the Board of Directors of Micro Computer Machines Inc.", a memorandum signed by 21 MCM empolyees, August 1, 1974, 3 pages</li> <li>Letter from Micro Computer Machines Inc. to APL'ers, 1974(?), signed Ted Berg, President, 1 page</li> </ul>        1975 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 13, 1975</li> <li>Letter to potential users of MCM products, 1975(?) [re the announcement of the IBM 5100], signed Ted Berg, President, 1 page</li> <li>Letter from Ted Berg to Sales Representatives "Notice of Upcoming Product Features", November 27, 1975, signed T.M. Berg, 1 page</li> <li>MCM employment documents for E. Edwards</li> </ul>        1976 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 21, 1976</li> <li>Letter from Borden and Elliot to Gordon Ramer, November 26, 1976, 2 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Common Shares, issued in 1976</li> <li>MCM/700 Configuration, technical specification, May 7, 1976</li> </ul>        1977 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 24, 1977</li> <li>Letter from Borden and Elliot to Gordon Ramer, March 9, 1977, 2 pages</li> <li>Agreement to Purchase and Transfer Ownership of Stock, October 29, 1977</li> </ul>        1978 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 8, 1978</li> <li>Powerful New Business Computer System Introduced by MCM, MCM Computers Ltd. press release, 1978, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., 1978 Auditors' Report. 8 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, September 27, 1978, 1 page</li> <li>Interactive Computer Systems, Inc., Price List, November 1, 1978, 2 pages</li> <li>System 800/900 Actuarial/Insurance Users, November 1978, 1 page</li> <li>Distributorship Agreement, 1978, 12 pages</li> </ul>        1979 <ul> <li>1978 Auditors' Report, February 13, 1979, 8 pages</li> <li>Canadian Price List, MCM, March 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, MCM, March 1, 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Letter to shareholders of MCM Computers Ltd, May 24, 1979, 2 pages, signed C.M. Williams, President</li> <li>Notice of Correction, letter to shareholders of MCM Computers Ltd, June 4, 1979, signed B.C. Wallace, Chairman, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 25, 1979, signed by W.S. Robertson, Secretary, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., Proxy, May 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Representative System 800/900 Installations, May 1979, 3 pages</li> <li>Canadian Price List, MCM, July 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, MCM, July 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>TAS-900 Pricing, November 26, 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Cost Justification for the DMS/FAS on the System 900, MCM, 1979(?), 2 pages</li> </ul>        1980 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 11, 1980</li> </ul>        1982 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 25, 1982, 1980</li> </ul>   MARKETING MATERIALS        1973 <ul> <li>Media/Press Release, September 28, 1973, 4 pages [the announcement of the MCM/70]</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, Preannouncement, Confidential Information [promotional brochure with an MCM/70 prototype on the first page], 2 double-sided pages, August 1973</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with an MCM/70 prototype on the first page], 1 double-sided page, 1973</li> <li>The MCM/70T Intelligent Terminal [promotional brochure], 1 page, November(?) 1973</li> <li>A Sample of Quotations from Letters Received, November 1973, 2 pages [quotations from letters received by MCM re the MCM/70]</li> <li>Collage of articles on the MCM/70 prepared by MCM for shareholders, 1973, 6 pages</li> <li>Inquiries & Responses Received After Trip [to Europe with the MCM/70 prototype], 2 pages</li> </ul>        1974 <ul> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 4 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], February 1974</li> <li>The MCM/70 in education [promotional brochure], 2 double-sided pages, 1974?</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 5 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on MCM as well as on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, MCM/APL [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 5 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on MCM as well as on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], 1974</li> </ul>        1975 <ul> <li>Introducing The Smallest, Least Expensive, Stand-Alone APL Desktop Computer MCM/700 [promotional brochure], 6 pages</li> <li>MCM Sales Reference, 21 pages, 1975?</li> <li>SDS-250/DDS-500 Diskette Subsystems [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>PMR-400 Card Reader [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer/Plotter [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>Application Libraries [list of software for the /700 system], 4 pages</li> <li>Promotional letter from Peter J. Wolfe, Marketing Manager, to potential MCM clients, 2 pages.</li> <li>MCM price list, 1 page.</li> </ul>       1976 <ul> <li>MCM News, Newsletter, vol 1(?) [most likely published in the early 1976], 8 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines, Inc., Distributor Information Kit, Micro Computer Machines, 1976</li> <li>System 800, [MCM Computers promotional brochure for the MCM/800 system], 6 pages</li> <li>System Software" [information on software for the MCM/800], 2 pages</li> <li>Applications Library Summary [information on software libraries for the] MCM/800, 4 pages</li> <li>PVAS A new concept for Performing Pension Actuarial Valuations and Pension Plan Administration [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 6 pages</li> <li>TEXT 800, Word Processing with System 800 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 3 pages</li> <li>TEXT 800, Word Processing with System 800 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 2 pages</li> <li>VDU-9620 Video Display For System 800 [promotional brochure], 5 pages</li> <li>< VDU-9620 Video Display For System 800 [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer/Plotter [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>DDS-500 Diskette System [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>Here's what other Actuaries say about the MCM/800 system [promotional brochure], 6 pages</li> <li>MCM's System 800: the combination of data processing and word processing [promotional brochure], 1 page</li> <li>The MCM/800 System Software, 2 pages</li> </ul> 1977 <ul> <li>MCM FI-PLAN [the MCM/800 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>System 800 Demonstration Package, Rev. AA, October 1977, 9 pages</li> <li>O. Zimmerman, MCM/800 and APL Gain Acceptance in Insurance Applications at Crown Life, 9 pages</li> </ul> 1978 <ul> <li>MCM FI-PLAN: Sample Projection , 6 pages</li> <li>MCM 800 vs Timesharing , 6 pages</li> <li>If you spend more[...] [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>APL and Virtual Memory [...] [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>MCM 800 vs IBM 5110, 2 pages</li> <li>Introducing.... [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 4 pages</li> <li>MCM Computers: System 900 [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 4 pages</li> <li>Businesses today are faced with a maze of problems [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1978?</li> <li>APL and Virtual Memory -- two main reasons why... [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1978?</li> </ul> 1979 <ul> <li>DCS/900 Data Communications with System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>AID/900 Utilities and Libraries for System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>LIB/900 Program Development with System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>PLOT/900 Plotting Software for System/900 [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1979?</li> <li>MCM Computers System/900 [promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1979?</li> <li>System 900: The Affordable Solution [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1979?</li> <li> CAS-900 Client Accounting System [promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1979?</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing with System/900 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 3 pages, 1979?</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing with System/900 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>MCM Price Lists, 1975-79.</li> </ul>       1980 <ul> <li>Power [MCM Power promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1980?</li> <li>Product Data Sheet and Hardware Tech Spec[brochures for the MCM Power], 2 pages, 1980?</li> <li>MCM User Support Notes, May 15, 1980 -- March 20, 1981.</li> </ul>   1982 <ul> <li>CAS Price List, The Intergroup Partnership (May 1, 1982)</li> <li>Distributor Announcement No. 44, MCM Computers (May 11, 1982)</li> </ul>   PHOTOGRAPHS <ul> <li>Photograph of the MCM/70 wide-case prototype, b/w original (1973)</li> <li>Photograph of E.E. Edwards with the MCM/70 Executive, b/w original. Photograph for Politiken (1973)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/70, b/w original, (1973?)</li> <li>The announcement of the MCM/70, Toronto, Sep. 25, 1973 -- b/w original (Sep. 25, 1973)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/800 with CRT -- b/w original (1976?)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/900 business system -- b/w original (1978?)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/900 computer -- b/w original (1978?).</li> <li>The MCM/700 production line, MCM's manufacturing facility in Kingston. Photograph by Jose Laraya(?) (1975?)</li> <li>DDS-500, photograph by Jose Laraya(?) (1975?)</li> <li>3 photographs of the MCM/800 by Jose Laraya(?) (1976?)</li> <li>6 photographs of MCM team at York University (photographs of Andre Arpin, Don Genner, Mers Kutt, Morgan Smyth, Gord Ramer). Photograph by Z. Stachniak (November 2001)</li> </ul> MCM DIGITAL LIBRARY <ul> <li>Andre Arpin speaking at York University, Toronto, March 28, 2003 (audio)</li> <li>Andre Arpin, MCM/70 -- The First Portable Microcomputer presentation, York University, Toronto, March 28, 2003 (PowerPoint)</li> <li>interview with Andre Arpin, Kingston, April 10, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Don Genner, Guelph, August 31, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, March 1, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, March 6, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>Mers Kutt speaking at York University, Toronto, October 24, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, November 11, 2002 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Jose Laraya, Toronto, September 13, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Jose Laraya, Toronto, September 28, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Gordon Ramer, Toronto, March 27, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>nterview with Reg Rea, Stoney Creek, October 20, 2005 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Morgan Smyth, Toronto, July 25, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with John Woods, Milton, October 22, 2008 (audio)</li> <li>e-mail communications with former users of MCM hardware</li> </ul> BOOKS, RESEARCH PAPERS, ARTICLES <ul> <li>A. Arpin, External Allocation System (EASY) / A Virtual System (AVS). In Proc. of the APL 75 Congress, Pisa, Italy (1975)</li> <li>R.F. Bauer, Implementation of APL on Small Computers. In Proc. of the APL 79 Conference, Rochester N.Y. (1979)</li> <li>B.J. Bleackley and J. LaPrairie, Entering the Computer Age. The Computer Industry in Canada: The First Thirty Years, The Book Society of Canada Ltd, 1982</li> <li>J. Chevreau, The Third Coming of Mers Kutt, Report on Business Magazine, November 1985, pp. 111--118</li> <li>M. Kutt, microcomputer development notes, (1972), 36 pages</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, York APL, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto (1972)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, EASY and AVS: The Two Auxiliary Storage Subsystems of the MCM/70. In Proc. of the APL 75 Congress, Pisa, Italy (1975), pp. 313--319</li> <li>G. Ramer(?) York APL Users Guide, APL Systems, November 15, 1971</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Learning from Prototypes, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 42, no. 2 (2020), pp. 63-71.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Software Recovery and Beyond: The MCM/70 Case, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 41, nr. 4 (2019), pp. 110-118.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. MCM on Personal Software, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 39, no. 1 (2017), pp. 29--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>Z. Stachniak, The MCM/70 Microcomputer, Core 4.1, The Computer History Museum (September 2003), pp. 6--12</li> <li>A. Wahl, Kutt's last stand, Canadian Business (October 11--24, 2006), pp. 56--64.</li> <li>Kutt takes wraps off new minicomputer, Canadian Datasystems, October 1973, p. 49.</li> <li>A file with various articles related to MCM, 1973-2003.</li> </ul>   OTHER <ul> <li>M. Kutt Archive, 1973-74</li> <li>G. Ramer Archive, 1972-75</li> <li>R. Elliott Archive, 1975-1982</li> <li>Collection of documents concerning EE.Edwards' participation in the 1973 International APL Conference in Denmark. The collection includes an invitation from the Danish Computing Society (Jun 8, 19073), an English translation of the "Computer in a briefcase" article that appeared in Politiken on August 23, 1973, and a photograph of E.E. Edwards with the MCM/70 Executive.</li> <li>Several MCM digital cassettes</li> <li>I love APL, MCM sticker</li> <li>Pavement Management System, manual, MCM/POWER, 83 pages (198?)</li> <li>Lecture notes from an MCM seminar taken by Russell Elliott on June 9--10, 1977</li> <li>Seven files of various software printouts</li> <li>Intel 4004 uComputer; the first single board computer received by MCM from Intel in 1972</li> <li>MCM's ten-th anniversary coffee mug.</li> <li>Letter from the Chancellery of Honours Directorate, Government of Canada, concerning possible appointment of Mers Kutt to the Order of Canada, January 12, 2004.</li> </ul> </div> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zbigniew Stachniak Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003-2021 Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/MCM_logo.jpg" alt="MCM_logo" width="5%" height="5%" border="0" /> The MCM Collection documents computer development activities at Micro Computer Machines (MCM). hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 MCM Power computer Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: desktop computer Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In April, 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor — the 8008. In just a few months, the prototypes of the first general purpose computers powered by the 8008 chip were already working on site at the French company Réalisations et Études Électroniques located in the suburbs of Paris and at Micro Computer Machines (MCM) with headquarters situated on the outskirts of Toronto. These firms fully recognized, articulated, and acted upon the immense potential of the budding microprocessor technology for the development of a new generation of cost effective computing systems. MCM announced its first computer—the MCM/70—in September 1973. The computer—arguably the first microprocessor-powered computer designed specifically for personal use—was followed by three more generations of MCM desktops: the MCM/800 was unveiled in 1976, the MCM/900 in 1978, and the MCM Power in 1980. In early 1980, MCM made a decision to evolved its best selling MCM/900 system into a multi-user, distributed data processing network that shared peripherals and a common file system. The new system—the MCM Power—was to "bridge the gap between the small business systems and the large, complex computers which are beyond the reach of most businesses." As its MCM predecessors—the MCM/70, /800, and /900—the Power offered an APL environment and virtual memory that significantly extended the amount of memory available to users. To achieve a multi-user, distributed data processing network, MCM supported its new computer with a software package consisting of Powerlink, Powernet, and Powercomm programs. Powerlink provided a universal interface between a Power system and a wide selection of peripherals. Up to 200 uniquely addressable devices could be interfaced including printer/plotters, analog/digital converters, etc. The MCM Powernet software allowed to share data storage and output media by several Power computers. Finally, the MCM Powercomm facilitated serial data transmission as well as interactive communications with large-scale computer systems. The computer was announced in mid-1980. It's single-user stripped-down version—the MicroPower—was offered the same year. The MCM/900 hardware specification: <ul> <li>CPU - bitslice technology using AMD-2901 bitslice processors,  Z80 co-processor for data handling</li> <li>RAM - 8KB to 24KB,</li> <li>ROM - 96KB(?) (contained the MCM/APL and OS)</li> <li>external storage - DDS-500 and DDS-1000 dual diskette systems (5124KB per disk storage capacity), HDS-10 hard drive (10MB storage capacity),</li> <li>display - 12 inch monochrome, 21 lines of 96 characters, built-in, APL as well as alternate user-programmable character sets,</li> <li>keyboard - IBM 2741-style, 48 APL keys, 19-key numeric keypad,</li> <li>peripherals: DDS-500 and DDS-1000 dual diskette systems, HDS-10 hard drive, printers/plotters (MCM MCP-132, MCP-300, MCP-709, MCP-712, MCP-713),</li> <li>Communications Subsystem (up to 2400 baud),</li> <li>ports - Omniport IO interface (8-bit parallel), RS-232C serial port,</li> <li>power supply - with power-fail protection.</li> </ul> Software: <ul> <li>operating system - EASY (External Allocation System) and AVS (A Virtual System) in ROM,</li> <li>MCM/APL - APL interpreter in ROM,</li> <li>Decision Support APL Functions Library,</li> <li>MCM Text word processing system,</li> <li>Distribution Management and Financial Accounting,</li> <li>Travel Agency System,</li> <li>Client Accounting System,</li> <li>Dental Practice System,</li> <li>Property Management System,</li> <li>Pharmacy Control System,</li> <li>Construction Management System.</li> </ul> Museum holdings: MCM Power Model 524, serial number 1071122c MCP-132 printer/plotter, DDS-1000 and MPD-1000 diskette systems. Recommended readings: <ul> <li>Z. Stachniak. Inventing the PC: the MCM/70 Story , McGill-Queen's University Press (2011).</li> </ul> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Micro Computer Machines 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 Canada, 1980- https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/83c853599a52eafdabb4c6b454b8fb11.jpg 1fc5d7dfb51503f2522ca9e2b4eacb77 https://museum.eecs.yorku.ca/files/original/6018931f5c446e5a32f214646413c3c1.png 31b1cc37706917016f5801a35775457b 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 Micro Computer Machines Collection Description An account of the resource <div>In April, 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor — the 8008. In just a few months, the prototypes of the first general purpose computers powered by the 8008 chip were already working on site at the French company Réalisations et Études Électroniques located in the suburbs of Paris and at Micro Computer Machines (MCM) with headquarters situated on the outskirts of Toronto. These firms fully recognized, articulated, and acted upon the immense potential of the budding microprocessor technology for the development of a new generation of cost effective computing systems. However, it was MCM which built and, later, manufactured the first microprocessor-based computer designed specifically for personal use — the first PC. MCM's first computer—the MCM/70—was designed in the period between 1972 and 73 and announced on September 25, 1973, in Toronto. The computer was unveiled in New York on September 27th and, the following day, in Boston. One of its early prototypes was demonstrated in May of 1973 during the Fifth International APL Users' Conference in Toronto. The MCM/70 computers were purchased in North America and Europe by acedemic institutions as well as large organizations and companies including Chevron Oil Research Company, Firestone, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, and U.S. Army. The MCM/70 was followed by the MCM/700 (1975), /800 (1976), /900 (1977), the Power (1980) computers.</div> <div> Acquisition: The objects in the collection have been donated by E.M. Edwards Estate, A. Arpen, R. Bernecky, R. Elliott, L. Gladstone, M. Kutt, J. Laraya, G. Ramer, R. Rea, G. Seeds, M. Smyth, Z. Stachniak, and J. Woods. HARDWARE <ul> <li>Early MCM/70 prototype (based on Intel SIM8-01) (1972)</li> <li>Memory board from the rack-mounted MCM/70 prototype (1972)</li> <li>MCM/70 Executive (1973)</li> <li>early MCM/70 ROM board (1973?)</li> <li>MCM/70 Model 708 computer (1974)</li> <li>MCM/70 power supply (1974?)</li> <li>MCM printer, Model MCP 132 N (1975)</li> <li>DDS-1000 Diskette Subsystem (1975)</li> <li>MPD-1000 Diskette Subsystem (1975)</li> <li>A prototype of an MCM/700 variant designed by E.E. Edwards (1975?)</li> <li>MCM/800 Model 808 computer (1976)</li> <li>A prototype of an MCM/800 variant designed by E.E. Edwards (1977?)</li> <li>MCM/900 Model 924 computer (1978)</li> <li>MCM Micro Power Model 524 computer (1981)</li> </ul>  SOFTWARE  <ul> <li>MCM/70 Mathematics Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Statistics Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Finance Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Electricity and Electrical Engineering Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Fun and Games Library, May 7, 1974</li> <li>APL A* code listings, June 4, 1980</li> </ul>  MANUALS and GUIDES   <ul> <li>MCM/70 Introductory Manual, Micro Computer Machines (1973)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, MCM/70 User's Guide, Micro Computer Machines (1974) (spiral bounded preprint)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, MCM/70 User's Guide , Micro Computer Machines, Toronto and Kingston (1974)</li> <li>MCM/70 Installation Guide, MCM (1974?)</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, Distributor Service Manual, Preliminary issue, Micro Computer Machines (September 1974)</li> <li>MCP-132 (HyType) Printer Operating Guide, MCM (July 1975)</li> <li>MCM/APL Reference Cards, MCM (1976 and May 1981)</li> <li>SCI-1200 Communications Sub-System, Installation Instructions and Reference Manual, MCM (1976?)</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer User's Guide, rev. 1 (June 1, 1977)</li> <li>DDS-500 Dual Disk System User Guide [preliminary], Micro Computer Machines (June 8, 1977)</li> <li>MCM System/800 Utilities Manual, rev. AA, MCM (August 1977)</li> <li>MCM Computers System 800: Using The MCM Computer as a Terminal and Transferring Data to and from APL Plus, manual nr. 018 033, rev. AA, MCM (January 1978)</li> <li>VDU-9620 Reference Manual, MCM (August 1978)</li> <li>DDS-1000 Diskette Drive User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (October 1978)</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing System, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AC (November 1978)</li> <li>MCM/900 User's Manual, rev. AB, MCM (December 1978)</li> <li>MCM LIB/8 System Documentation [describes a collection of APL functions which facilitate the creation and maintenance of a library of user application packages for the MCM/800], Micro Computer Machines (197?)</li> <li>FAS: Financial Accounting System User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd. (197?)</li> <li>Fast Functions on the MCM/900, MCM Computers Ltd. (197?)</li> <li>FAS: Financial MCM System/900 Utilities Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (February 1979)</li> <li>MCM System/900 Utilities Manual, rev. AA, MCM (February 1979)</li> <li>Communications Subsystem Reference Manual, rev. AB, MCM Computers Ltd. (March 1979)</li> <li>MCM/900 User's Manual, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AC (May 1979)</li> <li>TEXT/900 With Data Files, Supplementary Documentation, MCM Computers Ltd., rev. AA (July 1979)</li> <li>CAS-900 Client Accounting System, MCM Computers Ltd. (September 19, 1979)</li> <li>DCS: Data Communication System User's Guide, version 3, MCM Computers Ltd. (April 1980)</li> <li>Small Business System: Programmer's Reference Manual, version 1, MCM Computers Ltd. (August 1980)</li> <li>MCM/APL User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (September 1980)</li> <li>Client Accounting System, General Ledger, Accounting Reports, MCM Computers Ltd. (February 1981)</li> <li>Client Accounting System, Time and Charges, MCM Computers Ltd. (February 1981)</li> <li>924/1024 System Technical Manual [preliminary], MCM (February 27, 1981)</li> <li>[]ZZ System Functions User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (March 31, 1981)</li> <li>A Fast []FNT Type Numeric Formatter, MCM Computers Ltd., 7 pages (1 May, 1981)</li> <li>Power Mail: Message Processing Facility, MCM (May 1981)</li> <li>POWER Utilities User's Guide, preliminary release, MCM Computers Ltd. (June 1981)</li> <li>Distributor Announcement, No. 44, MCM (May 11, 1982)</li> </ul>  CORPORATE DOCUMENTS      1971  <ul> <li>Hypothecation of Shares and Purchase of Shares Agreements Between Gordon Ramer and Merslau Kutt (December 28, 1971)</li> <li>Kutt Systems, Inc., Micro Computer Machines Inc., and MCM Computers Ltd. corporate data, Ontario Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations, Toronto, file number 251340 (copy on micro-fish)</li> <li>Intel's Invoice for: SIM4-01, MP7-01, and MCS-4 chip set to be sent to Mers Kutt, December 28, 1971</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM4-01, MP7-01, and MCS-4 chip set to be sent to Mers Kutt, signed by Hank Smith, December 28, 1971</li> </ul>       1972 <ul> <li>Intel, Shipping Request for SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be delivered to Mers Kutt, May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel, Packing Slip for SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be delivered to Mers Kutt, May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM4-01, SIM8-01, MP7-02, to be sent to Kutt Systems Inc., May 12, 1972</li> <li>Intel's Form of Invoice for: SIM8-01 to be sent to Kutt Systems Inc., May 23, 1972</li> <li>Minutes of the Special General Meeting of the Shareholders of KUTT SYSTEMS INC., Saturday, November 11, 1972, 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1972 Financial Statements (draft), 7 pages</li> <li>Letter from Hal Fenney (Intel) to Mers Kutt, October 4, 1972 [re SIM8-01 board], 1 page</li> <li>Note from Hank Smith (Intel) to Mers Kutt, October 4, 1972 [re SIM8-01 board], 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1972 Financial Statements, 7 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Company Certificate from the Registry Office for the Registry Division of Toronto (April 17, 1972)</l i></li> </ul>        1973 <ul> <li>Collection of design documents of two MCM/70 prototypes (April-July, 1973)</li> <li>Agreement to Purchase and Transfer Stock (March 7, 1973?)</li> <li>Receipt for MCM shares purchase (April 5, 1973)</li> <li>Portfolio of MCM Shareholder Documents (May 7 and May 14, 1973)</li> <li>Agreement between G. Ramer and M. Kutt, 4 pages (May 16, 1973) Letter to MCM shareholders, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages (August 24, 1973)</li> <li>Letter from Micro Computer Machines to Canadian Consulates, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages (November 1, 1973)</li> <li>Letter to MCM shareholders, signed Mers Kutt, President, 1 page (November 1973)</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1973 Interim Financial Statements (unedited), 6 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., 1973 Financial Statements, 6 pages</li> <li>Collection of MCM corporate information documents (1973)</li> <li>Collection of Kutt Systems Inc. and MCM Inc. Corporate Documents (1973)</li> </ul>        1974 <ul> <li>MCM corporate information, 31 pages, 1974</li> <li>Letter to potential users of MCM products, February 1974, signed by Peter J. Wolfe, Manager, Business Systems, 1 page.</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Purchase Order no 10199 [for Intel's MCS8s], March 1, 1974, 1 page</li> <li>Data Device Corporation price list for MCM products, May 13, 1974, 1 page</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 17, 1974, signed ?, Secretary</li> <li>Data Device Corporation quotation for an MCM/70 system, May 21, 1974, signed Ted Berg, Vice President, 1 page</li> <li>Letter to shareholders of Micro Computer Machines Inc,. May 28, 1974, signed Mers Kutt, President, 2 pages</li> <li>"To the members of the Board of Directors of Micro Computer Machines Inc.", a memorandum signed by 21 MCM empolyees, August 1, 1974, 3 pages</li> <li>Letter from Micro Computer Machines Inc. to APL'ers, 1974(?), signed Ted Berg, President, 1 page</li> </ul>        1975 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 13, 1975</li> <li>Letter to potential users of MCM products, 1975(?) [re the announcement of the IBM 5100], signed Ted Berg, President, 1 page</li> <li>Letter from Ted Berg to Sales Representatives "Notice of Upcoming Product Features", November 27, 1975, signed T.M. Berg, 1 page</li> <li>MCM employment documents for E. Edwards</li> </ul>        1976 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 21, 1976</li> <li>Letter from Borden and Elliot to Gordon Ramer, November 26, 1976, 2 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Common Shares, issued in 1976</li> <li>MCM/700 Configuration, technical specification, May 7, 1976</li> </ul>        1977 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 24, 1977</li> <li>Letter from Borden and Elliot to Gordon Ramer, March 9, 1977, 2 pages</li> <li>Agreement to Purchase and Transfer Ownership of Stock, October 29, 1977</li> </ul>        1978 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 8, 1978</li> <li>Powerful New Business Computer System Introduced by MCM, MCM Computers Ltd. press release, 1978, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., 1978 Auditors' Report. 8 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, September 27, 1978, 1 page</li> <li>Interactive Computer Systems, Inc., Price List, November 1, 1978, 2 pages</li> <li>System 800/900 Actuarial/Insurance Users, November 1978, 1 page</li> <li>Distributorship Agreement, 1978, 12 pages</li> </ul>        1979 <ul> <li>1978 Auditors' Report, February 13, 1979, 8 pages</li> <li>Canadian Price List, MCM, March 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, MCM, March 1, 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Letter to shareholders of MCM Computers Ltd, May 24, 1979, 2 pages, signed C.M. Williams, President</li> <li>Notice of Correction, letter to shareholders of MCM Computers Ltd, June 4, 1979, signed B.C. Wallace, Chairman, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 25, 1979, signed by W.S. Robertson, Secretary, 1 page</li> <li>MCM Computers Ltd., Proxy, May 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Representative System 800/900 Installations, May 1979, 3 pages</li> <li>Canadian Price List, MCM, July 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>Distributor Price List, MCM, July 1, 1979, 2 pages</li> <li>TAS-900 Pricing, November 26, 1979, 1 page</li> <li>Cost Justification for the DMS/FAS on the System 900, MCM, 1979(?), 2 pages</li> </ul>        1980 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Jun 11, 1980</li> </ul>        1982 <ul> <li>Micro Computer Machines Inc., Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, May 25, 1982, 1980</li> </ul>   MARKETING MATERIALS        1973 <ul> <li>Media/Press Release, September 28, 1973, 4 pages [the announcement of the MCM/70]</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, Preannouncement, Confidential Information [promotional brochure with an MCM/70 prototype on the first page], 2 double-sided pages, August 1973</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with an MCM/70 prototype on the first page], 1 double-sided page, 1973</li> <li>The MCM/70T Intelligent Terminal [promotional brochure], 1 page, November(?) 1973</li> <li>A Sample of Quotations from Letters Received, November 1973, 2 pages [quotations from letters received by MCM re the MCM/70]</li> <li>Collage of articles on the MCM/70 prepared by MCM for shareholders, 1973, 6 pages</li> <li>Inquiries & Responses Received After Trip [to Europe with the MCM/70 prototype], 2 pages</li> </ul>        1974 <ul> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 4 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], February 1974</li> <li>The MCM/70 in education [promotional brochure], 2 double-sided pages, 1974?</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 5 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on MCM as well as on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], 1974</li> <li>MCM/70 Desk Top Computer, MCM/APL [promotional brochure with the production model of the MCM/70 on the front page], 5 double-sided pages [includes information on the MCM/70 hardware, preliminary specifications of the MCM/APL interpreter, information on MCM as well as on the MCM/70 in science, business, and education], 1974</li> </ul>        1975 <ul> <li>Introducing The Smallest, Least Expensive, Stand-Alone APL Desktop Computer MCM/700 [promotional brochure], 6 pages</li> <li>MCM Sales Reference, 21 pages, 1975?</li> <li>SDS-250/DDS-500 Diskette Subsystems [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>PMR-400 Card Reader [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer/Plotter [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1975?</li> <li>Application Libraries [list of software for the /700 system], 4 pages</li> <li>Promotional letter from Peter J. Wolfe, Marketing Manager, to potential MCM clients, 2 pages.</li> <li>MCM price list, 1 page.</li> </ul>       1976 <ul> <li>MCM News, Newsletter, vol 1(?) [most likely published in the early 1976], 8 pages</li> <li>Micro Computer Machines, Inc., Distributor Information Kit, Micro Computer Machines, 1976</li> <li>System 800, [MCM Computers promotional brochure for the MCM/800 system], 6 pages</li> <li>System Software" [information on software for the MCM/800], 2 pages</li> <li>Applications Library Summary [information on software libraries for the] MCM/800, 4 pages</li> <li>PVAS A new concept for Performing Pension Actuarial Valuations and Pension Plan Administration [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 6 pages</li> <li>TEXT 800, Word Processing with System 800 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 3 pages</li> <li>TEXT 800, Word Processing with System 800 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 2 pages</li> <li>VDU-9620 Video Display For System 800 [promotional brochure], 5 pages</li> <li>< VDU-9620 Video Display For System 800 [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>MCP-132 Printer/Plotter [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>DDS-500 Diskette System [promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>Here's what other Actuaries say about the MCM/800 system [promotional brochure], 6 pages</li> <li>MCM's System 800: the combination of data processing and word processing [promotional brochure], 1 page</li> <li>The MCM/800 System Software, 2 pages</li> </ul> 1977 <ul> <li>MCM FI-PLAN [the MCM/800 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>System 800 Demonstration Package, Rev. AA, October 1977, 9 pages</li> <li>O. Zimmerman, MCM/800 and APL Gain Acceptance in Insurance Applications at Crown Life, 9 pages</li> </ul> 1978 <ul> <li>MCM FI-PLAN: Sample Projection , 6 pages</li> <li>MCM 800 vs Timesharing , 6 pages</li> <li>If you spend more[...] [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>APL and Virtual Memory [...] [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages</li> <li>MCM 800 vs IBM 5110, 2 pages</li> <li>Introducing.... [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 4 pages</li> <li>MCM Computers: System 900 [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 4 pages</li> <li>Businesses today are faced with a maze of problems [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1978?</li> <li>APL and Virtual Memory -- two main reasons why... [the MCM/900 promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1978?</li> </ul> 1979 <ul> <li>DCS/900 Data Communications with System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>AID/900 Utilities and Libraries for System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>LIB/900 Program Development with System/900 [promotional brochure], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>PLOT/900 Plotting Software for System/900 [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1979?</li> <li>MCM Computers System/900 [promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1979?</li> <li>System 900: The Affordable Solution [promotional brochure], 2 pages, 1979?</li> <li> CAS-900 Client Accounting System [promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1979?</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing with System/900 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 3 pages, 1979?</li> <li>TEXT/900 Word Processing with System/900 [promotional brochure for the /800 system], 1 page, 1979?</li> <li>MCM Price Lists, 1975-79.</li> </ul>       1980 <ul> <li>Power [MCM Power promotional brochure], 4 pages, 1980?</li> <li>Product Data Sheet and Hardware Tech Spec[brochures for the MCM Power], 2 pages, 1980?</li> <li>MCM User Support Notes, May 15, 1980 -- March 20, 1981.</li> </ul>   1982 <ul> <li>CAS Price List, The Intergroup Partnership (May 1, 1982)</li> <li>Distributor Announcement No. 44, MCM Computers (May 11, 1982)</li> </ul>   PHOTOGRAPHS <ul> <li>Photograph of the MCM/70 wide-case prototype, b/w original (1973)</li> <li>Photograph of E.E. Edwards with the MCM/70 Executive, b/w original. Photograph for Politiken (1973)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/70, b/w original, (1973?)</li> <li>The announcement of the MCM/70, Toronto, Sep. 25, 1973 -- b/w original (Sep. 25, 1973)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/800 with CRT -- b/w original (1976?)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/900 business system -- b/w original (1978?)</li> <li>Photograph of the MCM/900 computer -- b/w original (1978?).</li> <li>The MCM/700 production line, MCM's manufacturing facility in Kingston. Photograph by Jose Laraya(?) (1975?)</li> <li>DDS-500, photograph by Jose Laraya(?) (1975?)</li> <li>3 photographs of the MCM/800 by Jose Laraya(?) (1976?)</li> <li>6 photographs of MCM team at York University (photographs of Andre Arpin, Don Genner, Mers Kutt, Morgan Smyth, Gord Ramer). Photograph by Z. Stachniak (November 2001)</li> </ul> MCM DIGITAL LIBRARY <ul> <li>Andre Arpin speaking at York University, Toronto, March 28, 2003 (audio)</li> <li>Andre Arpin, MCM/70 -- The First Portable Microcomputer presentation, York University, Toronto, March 28, 2003 (PowerPoint)</li> <li>interview with Andre Arpin, Kingston, April 10, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Don Genner, Guelph, August 31, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, March 1, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, March 6, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>Mers Kutt speaking at York University, Toronto, October 24, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Mers Kutt, Toronto, November 11, 2002 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Jose Laraya, Toronto, September 13, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Jose Laraya, Toronto, September 28, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Gordon Ramer, Toronto, March 27, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>nterview with Reg Rea, Stoney Creek, October 20, 2005 (audio)</li> <li>interview with Morgan Smyth, Toronto, July 25, 2001 (audio)</li> <li>interview with John Woods, Milton, October 22, 2008 (audio)</li> <li>e-mail communications with former users of MCM hardware</li> </ul> BOOKS, RESEARCH PAPERS, ARTICLES <ul> <li>A. Arpin, External Allocation System (EASY) / A Virtual System (AVS). In Proc. of the APL 75 Congress, Pisa, Italy (1975)</li> <li>R.F. Bauer, Implementation of APL on Small Computers. In Proc. of the APL 79 Conference, Rochester N.Y. (1979)</li> <li>B.J. Bleackley and J. LaPrairie, Entering the Computer Age. The Computer Industry in Canada: The First Thirty Years, The Book Society of Canada Ltd, 1982</li> <li>J. Chevreau, The Third Coming of Mers Kutt, Report on Business Magazine, November 1985, pp. 111--118</li> <li>M. Kutt, microcomputer development notes, (1972), 36 pages</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, York APL, Ryerson Polytechnic Institute, Toronto (1972)</li> <li>J. Morgan Smyth, EASY and AVS: The Two Auxiliary Storage Subsystems of the MCM/70. In Proc. of the APL 75 Congress, Pisa, Italy (1975), pp. 313--319</li> <li>G. Ramer(?) York APL Users Guide, APL Systems, November 15, 1971</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Learning from Prototypes, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 42, no. 2 (2020), pp. 63-71.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Software Recovery and Beyond: The MCM/70 Case, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing vol. 41, nr. 4 (2019), pp. 110-118.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. MCM on Personal Software, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 39, no. 1 (2017), pp. 29--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>Z. Stachniak, The MCM/70 Microcomputer, Core 4.1, The Computer History Museum (September 2003), pp. 6--12</li> <li>A. Wahl, Kutt's last stand, Canadian Business (October 11--24, 2006), pp. 56--64.</li> <li>Kutt takes wraps off new minicomputer, Canadian Datasystems, October 1973, p. 49.</li> <li>A file with various articles related to MCM, 1973-2003.</li> </ul>   OTHER <ul> <li>M. Kutt Archive, 1973-74</li> <li>G. Ramer Archive, 1972-75</li> <li>R. Elliott Archive, 1975-1982</li> <li>Collection of documents concerning EE.Edwards' participation in the 1973 International APL Conference in Denmark. The collection includes an invitation from the Danish Computing Society (Jun 8, 19073), an English translation of the "Computer in a briefcase" article that appeared in Politiken on August 23, 1973, and a photograph of E.E. Edwards with the MCM/70 Executive.</li> <li>Several MCM digital cassettes</li> <li>I love APL, MCM sticker</li> <li>Pavement Management System, manual, MCM/POWER, 83 pages (198?)</li> <li>Lecture notes from an MCM seminar taken by Russell Elliott on June 9--10, 1977</li> <li>Seven files of various software printouts</li> <li>Intel 4004 uComputer; the first single board computer received by MCM from Intel in 1972</li> <li>MCM's ten-th anniversary coffee mug.</li> <li>Letter from the Chancellery of Honours Directorate, Government of Canada, concerning possible appointment of Mers Kutt to the Order of Canada, January 12, 2004.</li> </ul> </div> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zbigniew Stachniak Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2003-2021 Subject The topic of the resource <img src="http://museum1.eecs.yorku.ca/www_decorations/MCM_logo.jpg" alt="MCM_logo" width="5%" height="5%" border="0" /> The MCM Collection documents computer development activities at Micro Computer Machines (MCM). hardware A computer (or a calculator), its components and peripherals (displays, printers, pointing devices, modems, external storage devices, etc). 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 MCM/70 Computer Subject The topic of the resource computer hardware: personal computer Description An account of the resource Historical context (by Z. Stachniak) In April, 1972, Intel Corp. of Santa Clara, California, announced its first 8-bit microprocessor — the 8008. In just a few months, the prototypes of the first general purpose computers powered by the 8008 chip were already working on site at the French company Réalisations et Études Électroniques located in the suburbs of Paris and at Micro Computer Machines (MCM) with headquarters situated on the outskirts of Toronto. These firms fully recognized, articulated, and acted upon the immense potential of the budding microprocessor technology for the development of a new generation of cost effective computing systems. However, it was MCM which built the first microprocessor-based computer designed specifically for personal use — the MCM/70, the first PC. The MCM/70 was designed in the period between 1972 and 73. From the hardware and software engineering point of view it didn't have much in common with early hobby computers, such as the iconic MITS Altair 8800 or Apple I, except that all these computers were microprocessor based. By the time the Altair 8800 kit was offered to hobbyists in the early 1975, with its minuscule 256 bytes of RAM memory and without any high-level programming language to program it, the MCM microcomputers were providing software support for practical applications ranging from engineering design, modeling and simulation to investment analysis and education. By the time the Apple 1 board was offered for sale in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak—co-founders of Apple Computers—the MCM machines were utilized by Chevron Oil Research Company, Firestone, Toronto Hospital for Sick Children, Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, Ontario Hydro-Electric Power Commission, NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre, and U.S. Army, just to name some of the installations of the MCM hardware in North America. The official announcement of the MCM/70 came on September 25, 1973, in Toronto. The computer was unveiled in New York on September 27th and, the following day, in Boston. One of its early prototypes was demonstrated in May of 1973 during the Fifth International APL Users' Conference in Toronto. The company maintained that the MCM/70 was "of a size, price and ease-of-use as to bring personal computer ownership to business, education, and scientific users previously unserved by the computer industry.'' The manufacturing of the MCM/70 started in mid 1974. The computer used the Intel 8008 microprocessor as the CPU and featured both resident and virtual memory. The computer was equipped with built-in plasma display, APL keyboard, and up to two cassette drives. The cassettes were used for storage and retrieval of data and applications software, as well as for the implementation of virtual memory which provided the user with up to 200 Kbytes of memory. The computer's ROM contained an operating system and an APL interpreter. In 1974 and 1975, the computer could be purchased for between $4,700 and $9,800 depending on the hardware configuration. Three models of the MCM/70 were offered: 702 (2KB of RAM and no cassette drives), 704 (4KB of RAM and a single cassette drive), and 708 (8KB of RAM and two cassette drives). The MCM/70 hardware specification: <ul> <li>CPU - Intel 8008, 8-bit,</li> <li>RAM - 2-8KB,</li> <li>ROM - 14-32KB,</li> <li>external storage - up to two cassette drives (100KB each), one to implement the MCM/70's virtual memory,</li> <li>display - Boroughs SelfScan plasma display (1 line 85 characters),</li> <li>peripherals: printer/plotter (e.g. the MCM MCP-132), punch card reader, communications subsystem,</li> <li>ports - Omniport interface with the computer's communication bus,</li> <li>power supply - switching, with power-fail protection, internal batteries.</li> </ul> Software: <ul> <li>operating system - EASY (External Allocation System) and AVS (A Virtual System) in ROM,</li> <li>MCM/APL - APL interpreter in ROM,</li> <li>MCM/70 LIB/70 - applications libraries containing APL codes for games as well as for computer aided instructions, finance, statistics, mathematics, and engineering applications (packaged software),</li> <li>TEXT/700 word processor.</li> </ul> The museum has an MCM/70 model 708 as well as two of its prototypes and an MCP-132 printer/plotter. Further readings: <ol> <li>Stachniak, Z. Learning from Prototypes, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 42, no. 2 (2020), pp. 63-71.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Software Recovery and Beyond: The MCM/70 Case, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 41, nr. 4 (2019), pp. 110-118.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. MCM on Personal Software, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 39, no. 1 (2017), pp. 29--51.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. Inventing the PC: the MCM/70 Story, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2011.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. The Making of the MCM/70 Microcomputer, IEEE Annals of the History of Computing, vol. 25, nr. 2, (2003), pp. 62--75.</li> <li>Stachniak, Z. The MCM/70 Computer, CORE, the Computer History Museum (Fall 2003).</li> </ol> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Micro Computer Machines Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1973-1975 Relation A related resource Micro Computer Machines collection 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, 1970s