Carleton xDX Collection
Restaurant Computer Terminal
Squirrel Flatscreen Restaurant Computer Terminal
Related Entites
Identifier
2019.CU.DX.00062
Former Accession Number
992.3
Date
1990 (design)
Material/Technique
injection moulded ABS and polycarbonite
Measurement
34.2cm (height)
monitor
,
41.2cm (width)
monitor
,
35cm (depth)
monitor
Physical Description
Charcoal grey flatscreen computer terminal/monitor casing on pedestal base (no circuitry).
Component Part Name
monitor
AAT Culture
Canadian
Style or Period
Post-1945
Work Type AAT
computer terminals
Description
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. Exhibited in “Canada Designs for the World” exhibition. 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. Squirrel Companies of Canada Ltd. was formed and continues to be based in Vancouver, Canada. (ID Magazine Annual Review, 1991).
Description Source
DX Collection Registration Records FileMaker PDF
Provenance
By transfer from Design Exchange, originally gift of Squirrel Companies of Canada, Vancouver, 1992