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- OBJECT TYPE
- CAV
- DATE
- 1985–1986
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.2163.001
- MANUFACTURER
- 3M Optical Recording Project Div.
- MODEL
- EXPO 86 VANCOUVER US PAVILION
- LOCATION
- St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- CARDSTOCK JACKET COVERED IN SYNTHETIC; INNER SLEEVE PAPER OUTSIDE, SYNTHETIC INSIDE; DISK: SYNTHETIC WITH PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 31.0 cm
- Width
- 31.0 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Television
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- 3M
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Minnesota
- City
- St. Paul
Context
- Country
- Worldwide
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- THIS DISK NEVER USED. THIS TECHNOLOGY USED 1982+
- Canada
-
U.S. PAVILION AT VANCOUVER, B.C. "EXPO 86" USED VIDEODISK TECHNOLOGY FOR ALL AUDIO-VISUAL OPERATIONS. ONE MASTER VIDEODISK STORED ALL AV MATERIAL,INCLUDING SOUNDTRACKS: COST EFFICENT AND RELIABLE - Function
-
USED AS A STORAGE AND PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR AUDIO AND VIDEO IMAGES. - Technical
-
CONSTANT ANGULAR VELOCITY DISKS CONTAIN UP TO 30 MIN. OF PRE-RECORDED MATERIAL PER SIDE. EACH OF 54,000 FRAMES OF INFORMATION MAY BE ACCESSED INDIVIDUALLY OR AS SERIES.EACH FRAME OF PLAYBACK PICTURE/SOUND RECORDED ON 1 TRACK & IS REPRODUCED ON SAME TRACK. TECHNOLOGY CURRENT TO 1998. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- FRONT COVER: '3M/ Scotch Laser/ Videodisc'/ BACK COVER: 'A/V Expo 86 Vancouver U.S. Pavilion/ "Shuttle Flow" Marshalling Area/ Mercury Gemini Lunar Voyager/ Skylab Sp. St. Dio. Merc.'/[WARRANTY INFORMATION - SEE S.I. FILE FOR COPY]/ LABEL ON BOTH SIDES OF DISK: '3M/ Scotch Laser Videodisc/ Manufactured by 3M, St. Paul, MN 55144'/ 'SIDE 1/ A/V Expo 86 Vancouver U.S. Pavilion/ "Shuttle Flow" Marshalling Area/ Audio & Music on side 2'/ 'SIDE 2/ A/V Expo 86 Vancouver U.S. Pavilion/ Mercury Gemini Lunar Voyager/ Skylab Sp Sta Dio Merc.'
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- COVER: FRONT - LIGHT GREY BACKGROUND WITH MULTI-COLOUR PRINTING; BACK- WHITE BACKGROUND WITH BLACK PRINTING/ DISK: SILVER; WHITE LABELS WITH MULTI-COLOUR PRINTING
- Decoration
- DECORATIVE LABEL ON COVER
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3M Optical Recording Project Div., Videodisk, circa 1985–1986, Artifact no. 1987.2163, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1987.2163.001/
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