Archives III TMicrocomputer
date: label: date made
content: 1981-1983
name: label: maker
content: Archives, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: As its name suggests, the Archives III microcomputer was the third form of microcoputer sold by the Davenport, Iowa, firm of Archives, Incorporated. That firm was the descendent of Realistic Controls Corporation (a Davenport maker of computerized water meters and later home computers, which operated from 1974-1979) and Nylac Computer Corporation (purchaser of Realistic Controls and maker of the Nylac personal computer). Archives, incorporated, was headed by Patricia "Tish" Hewitt (1925-1992), wife of Walter Hewitt, a former chairman of John Deere. Ms. Hewitt was a great-granddaughter of John Deere. Archives, incorporated, operated from at least 1980 until its closure in June 1983.
label: Description
content: The Archives III was designed for use in small businesses, promising applications in both accounting and what came to be called word processing. It included a case with monitor and two disc drives as well as a detached keyboard (with function keys designed for use with WordStar) and a with a separate numeric display. The Z80-based machine had 56K RAM and ran CP/M. The dimensions of the keyboard are: 8cm H x 52.2cm W x 19.5cm D.
label: Description
content: For related documentation and software, see 1993.3151.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Paul D. Keller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0429.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0429.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0429
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Microcomputer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic. metal. glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 cm x 55.7 cm x 38 cm; 13 25/32 in x 21 15/16 in x 14 31/32 in