Qume Sprint 5/55
date: label: Date made
content: 1983
name: label: maker
content: Qume Corporation, A Subsidiary of ITT
notes: label: Description
content: In 1978, the Haywood, California, firm of Qume Corporation introduced its Sprint 5 daisy wheel printer. It came in different varieties - a model designed strictly for printing from a word processor and one, like the Series 55, that included a keyboard and a serial communications interface (above the keyboard). In addition to the central unit with its keyboard, interface, and printer, the device has a cord and power supply.
label: Description
content: Qume, by then a subsidy of ITT and located in Jan Jose, California, donated this Sprint 5/55 to the Smithsonian collections in 1983.
label: Description
content: For manuals, see 1983.0167.02 and 1983.0167.03.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Computers
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Qume Corporation, A Subsidiary of ITT
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1983.0167.01
label: catalog number
content: 1983.0167.01
label: accession number
content: 1983.0167
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Printer
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/2 in x 24 in x 24 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 60.96 cm x 62.23 cm