Alva ABT-3-40 braille terminal

Display, Refreshable Braille

Accession Number: 2014.7.28

Description: (a) Flat rectangular lavender plastic chassis, back and front edges have distinctive curve; black plastic row of touch cursor keys just above forty-three (43) cell refreshable 8-dot braille display, black bar with white dots; printed in pink on ruler, "ALVA Braille Terminal"; adhesive sticker above and to left of ruler, "HumanWare, Inc."; black control bar on front with seven buttons; back of unit features on/off rocker switch, power cord jack, five-pin DIN jack, six-pin DIN jack, pair of nine-pin male jacks with hoods, and pair of DB-25 parallel ports; label on bottom, "ALVA Braille Terminal, Type ABT-3-40, Serial Nr. 340049, 9 VDC 500mA, Made In Holland"; second label, "HumanWare, Inc., 6245 King Road, Loomis, CA 95650"; (b) power supply.

Height: 1.25

Width: 0.251

Depth: 12

Date Made: ca. 1995

Maker: HumanWare

Place of Origin: Barendrecht, The Netherlands

Collection: APH Collection

History/Provenance: APH Collection

Credit Line: APH Collection, 2014.7.

Subjects: Assistive technology Braille Computers Reading devices

Dimension Notes: overall

Made: Tieman, F.J.

Material: Aluminum, plastic

Updated: 02/15/2021