Norpak
Title
Norpak
Type
Company
Subject
| Image | Name | Function |
|---|---|---|
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Decoder, videotext | RECEIVES, DECODES, CREATES & DISPLAYS TELIDON GRAPHIC IMAGES. |
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Panel | A panel used to cover the edges of a component... |
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Keypad | Input device for second generation videotex decoder, used to decode... |
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Decoder, videotext | USED TO DECODE TELIDON SIGNALS SENT VIA ANIK B SATELLITE |
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Decoder, videotext | DISPLAYS TELIDON PAGES SEQUENTIALLY OR WITH RANDOM ACCESS. |
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Keypad | Used to input data into Norpak MK.3 Telidon decoder |
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Decoder, videotext | THIRD GENERATION VIDEOTEX DECODER, USED TO DECODE TELIDON GRAPHIC IMAGES. |
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Decoder, videotext | SECOND GENERATION VIDEOTEX DECODER, USED TO DECODE TELIDON GRAPHICS IMAGES |
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Decoder, videotext | USED TO DECODE TELIDON GRAPHICS IMAGES, PROBABLY WITH TELIDON KEYPAD... |
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Decoder, videotext | PART OF THE IPS-2 INFORMATION PROVIDER SYSTEM USED FOR GRAPHICS... |
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Computer | Used as a picture creation computer for the Telidon system. |
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Decoder, videotext | TO ALLOW ACCESS TO A 'TELIDON' INFORMATION DATA-BASE VIA A... |
| Keypad | Used to input data into Norpak EPS 1 Telidon decoder. |
Active From
1975-01-01
Active Until
1987-01-01
Location
Pakenham, ON (1975-1981)
Kanata, ON (1981-)
Product Areas
Computing
Graphics Devices
Activities
Manufacturing
Timeline
- 1975 – Company founded by Mark Norton and John Norton, brothers and the sons of Joseph Norton (who founded Computing Devices of Canada) in Pakenham, ON (“20 Years Ago Today”)
- 1975 – “In 1975 the [Canadian Communications Research Centre (CRC)] contracted Norpak to develop an interactive colour display terminal based on the new alphanumeric PDI.” (“Telidon” Wikipedia)
- 1979 – Active, developing the Telidon decoder. (“Telidon” Wikipedia)
- 1981 – Company moves from Pakenham, ON to Kanata, ON. (“20 Years Ago Today”)
- 1984 – The company was sold to foreign investors. (“20 Years Ago Today”)
- 1985 – Active. (“Bringing Telidon TV into the home..”)
- 1987 – Active, company chosen “to provide… a PCX5 graphic overlay controller” by Reynolds and Reynolds of Dayton Ohio. (“Co-operation helps ad agency survive”)
- 1975 – “In 1975 the [Canadian Communications Research Centre (CRC)] contracted Norpak to develop an interactive colour display terminal based on the new alphanumeric PDI.” (“Telidon” Wikipedia)
- 1979 – Active, developing the Telidon decoder. (“Telidon” Wikipedia)
- 1981 – Company moves from Pakenham, ON to Kanata, ON. (“20 Years Ago Today”)
- 1984 – The company was sold to foreign investors. (“20 Years Ago Today”)
- 1985 – Active. (“Bringing Telidon TV into the home..”)
- 1987 – Active, company chosen “to provide… a PCX5 graphic overlay controller” by Reynolds and Reynolds of Dayton Ohio. (“Co-operation helps ad agency survive”)
Sources
“20 Years Ago Today – Norpak’s Norton Family” Ottawa Citizen March 7, 2002: E5
Charters, Mary Jane “Bringing Telidon TV into the home Norpak dream…” Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday (March 23, 1982): 62
“Co-operation helps ad agency survive” Ottawa Citizen, October 5, 1987: A15
Memoirs of a Valley Kid “NRC, Noranda, Northern opened high tech floodgates” Silicon Valley NORTH (February 1996): 12-13
“Telidon”, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telidon) [13-08-24]
Charters, Mary Jane “Bringing Telidon TV into the home Norpak dream…” Ottawa Citizen, Tuesday (March 23, 1982): 62
“Co-operation helps ad agency survive” Ottawa Citizen, October 5, 1987: A15
Memoirs of a Valley Kid “NRC, Noranda, Northern opened high tech floodgates” Silicon Valley NORTH (February 1996): 12-13
“Telidon”, Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telidon) [13-08-24]
Citation
“Norpak,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/2414.