General Information

Serial #

17

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.

Dimensions

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

Length

57.0 cm

Width

46.0 cm

Height

49.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Telephony

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Alden

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Massachusetts

City

Westborough

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1980-1990

Canada

AN AMERICAN-MADE MACHINE WHICH RECORDED DATA TRANSMITTED FROM SCEPTRE (SYSTEM FOR CONSTANT ELEVATION PRECIPITATION TRANSMISSION & RECORDING) TRANSMITTERS OPERATED BY AES. SCEPTRE WAS DEVELOPED BY AES C.1971 TO EXPLOIT THE RADAR NETWORK TO THE GREATEST DEGREE WITH DATA RECORDING & REAL TIME DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION.

Function

A DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY SENDS & RECEIVES FACSIMILE PRINTED MESSAGES OVER DISTANCES VIA THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM; THIS TYPE RECORDS PICTORIALLY PRECIPITATION DATA TRANSMITTED BY A REMOTE RADAR TRANSCEIVER ON A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF ELECTROLYTIC PAPER. PRECIPITATION ECHOS ARE DISPLAYED AS DARK AREAS ON THE WHITE PAPER & ALLOW THE USER TO DETERMINE THEIR LOCATION & RELATIVE INTENSITY.

Technical

THIS REPRESENTS THE `USER=END' OF THE SCEPTRE SYSTEM WHICH CONSISTED OF A WSR-807 RADAR, PDP11/35 COMPUTER, & THE ALDEN FAX MACHINE. SCEPTRE PERMITTED REAL TIME ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS IN HARDCOPY WHICH HAD SUBSTANTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL NETWORKS.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 PLATE ON UPPER SURFACE READING `ALDEN/ ELECTRONIC & IMPULSE RECORDING/ EQUIPMENT CO. INC./ WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS 01581/ ALDEN 110 WEATHER RADAR RECORDER/ MODEL 9290S SERIAL MO. 17/ 115 V 60 Hz 1.7 A' & `MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A.' WITH PATENT INFO./.1 PLATE READING `ALDEN 110 WEATHER RADAR FAX RECORDER/ ELECTRONICS'/.1 PLATE READS `ALDEN ELECTRONIC & IMPULSE RECORDING/ EQUIPMENT CO. INC./ WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS 01581/ ALDEN 1800 PAPER TAKE-UP/ MODEL 9271H OAC SERIAL NO. 11/ 115 V 60 Hz 1A/ MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A.'/ .1 BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING `CKT OOWRF 001'

Missing

THE FAX IMFORMATION WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED OVER TELEPHONE LINES IN ANALOG. THE SWITCH TO DIGITAL TRANSMISSION HAS MADE THESE EARLIER MODELS REDUNDANT.

Finish

CASING & SOME PARTS PAINTED TWO SHADES OF GREY ENAMEL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A