Item 2024-007/024 - Squirrel Flatscreen Restaurant Terminal

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Squirrel Flatscreen Restaurant Terminal

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  • Object

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2024-007/024

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  • 1990 (Creation)
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    Squirrel Companies of Canada

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1 computer terminal ; 19.5 x 41.2 x 37.4 cm

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Acquired by the Design Exchange from Squirrel Companies of Canada; Vancouver, British Columbia; 1992, gift.

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Charcoal grey flatscreen computer monitor casing on pedestal base (no circuitry).

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injection moulded ABS housing; polycarbonate light

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      The Squirrel computer is the first backlit LCD touch screen terminal for the food-services industry. An all-in one design which incorporates credit card verification and waiter identification, it is used in restaurants throughout North America. The Squirrel restaurant management system was planned, designed and developed in Vancouver starting in mid-1984 by Postech Corporation. In May 1989, the rights to the Squirrel product were acquired by Squirrel Companies, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia.

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      “Squirrel” and logo (image of a squirrel)

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      good

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      2024.YU.xDX.00085

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      992.16

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      2026-01-05. Anna St.Onge. Creation. Based on descriptions previously created by Aviva Weizman and Matthew Alexander.

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      • English

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