Monitor, television

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OBJECT TYPE: CRT SCREEN/VIDEOTEX/TELIDON
DATE: 1981
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1985.0377.001

MANUFACTURER: Electrohome
MODEL: TELCO-R-NK
LOCATION: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: 5-000372
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: FERROUS METAL CASING/ SYNTHETIC CASING FRONT, POWER CORD, CONTROL BUTTON/ GLASS? SCREEN/ METAL & SYNTHETIC WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length: 53.3 cm
Width: 43.2 cm
Height: 33.9 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Computing Technology
Category: Digital peripheral devices
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Electrohome
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Kitchener

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: 1979-1984
Canada: Early prototype of Canadian developed & manufactured Telidon videotex decoder and monitor . This type of monitor used as part of Grass Roots field trail by Infomart, and perhaps other field trials, The Telidon program began on August 15, 1978 and ended on March 31, 1985.
Function: Television monitor use to decode and display Telidon videotex graphics using NAPLPS 699 protocol.
Technical: This monitor was commissioned by Infomart for field trials. It was designed specifically for Telidon applications. It used a built-in decoder board and other hardware from the a Norpak Mark 3 decoder and a 13 inch color display. In 1983, the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax (NAPLPS) graphics language develop from the Canadian Telidon system was formalized, ratified and adopted as a world standard for graphics transmission by computer.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: BILINGUAL BLUE & WHITE DECAL ON BACK READING 'MFD. BY ELECTROHOME/ KITCHENER ONTARIO CANADA N2G 4J6/ MODEL TELCO-R-NK PRODUCT NO. 38-T01014-60/ CHASSIS T01014 SERIAL NO. 5-000372/ MANUFACTURED MAR 27 1981/ FINISH BEIGE/ VOLTS 120 AMPS-WATT 1.20 HERTZ 60'/ DECALREADING 'VERIFICATION-CRC/ 20711'/ BLUE LETTERING READING 'INFORMART' ON FRONT
Missing: N/A
Finish: BEIGE ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ BEIGE CASING FRONT WITH BLACK FRAME AROUND SCREEN/ BROWN CORD
Decoration: N/A

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Electrohome, Monitor, television, 1981, Artifact no. 1985.0377, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1985.0377.001/

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