SAM224 Dial-up Modem by Gandalf
date: label: date made
content: 1985
name: label: maker
content: Gandalf
notes: label: Description
content: Dial-up modems such as this one allowed data equipment such is terminals, computers, or printers to communicate with one another over public telephone networks or two-wire leased lines. This example, made by the Canadian firm of Gandalf Data Limited (later Gandalf Technologies) has a bright blue and black metal case. It is marked on the front: SAM 24 [sic]. It is also marked on the front: gandalf. A tag on the back reads in part: SAM 224 STAND ALONE (/) P/N 3182Z1 (/) S/N 0000494 M/N 31602. More text on this tag reads: gandalf DATA LIMITED (/) MADE IN CANADA. A power cord extends from the back of the box. There is a ribbon cable, a telephone interface cable, and a spiral-bound manual entitled: SAM224 (/) SYNCHRONOUS/ASYNCHRONOUS (/) DIAL-UP MODEM (/) OPERATOR'S REFERENCE MANUAL. The manual is dated 1985.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Canada: Ontarian, Nepean
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Joan Krammer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1987.3128.001
label: nonaccession number
content: 1987.3128
label: catalog number
content: 1987.3128.001
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Modem
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: modem alone, without cord: 6.5 cm x 29 cm x 37 cm; 2 9/16 in x 11 13/32 in x 14 9/16 in