Dulmont Magnum Kookaburra Portable Computer
date: label: date made
content: 1985
notes: label: Description
content: This Australian laptop computer originally sold as the Dulmont Magnom and then internationally as the Kookaburra. It was one of the first battery-operated laptops, and sold between 1983 and 1986.
label: Description
content: In addition to the computer there is an adapter and a plastic ring binder containing the "TIME Kookaburra User Guide." Documentation there dates from as late at 1985. The manufacturer is listed as TIME Office Computers Pty. Ltd. Programs described in the manual include TIME WRITER and TIME CALC. The operating system is by Microsoft. No serial number was found on this example.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Australia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of James E. Wilson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0208.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0208
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0208.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: portable computer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 cm x 32 cm x 28 cm; 2 3/8 in x 12 5/8 in x 11 in
label: Measurements
content: overall - open: 25 cm x 32 cm x 28 cm; 9 13/16 in x 12 5/8 in x 11 in
label: Measurements
content: adaptor: 15 cm x 16 cm x 16 cm; 5 7/8 in x 6 5/16 in x 6 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: manual: 4.7 cm x 20 cm x 22.2 cm; 1 7/8 in x 7 7/8 in x 8 3/4 in