General Information

Serial #

1556

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, METER WINDOW, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

62.0 cm

Width

32.6 cm

Height

43.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Physics

Category

Electronics

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

TEKTRONIX

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Oregon

City

Portland

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1960'S+

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

INSTRUMENT WHICH DISPLAYS DYNAMIC CHARACTERISTIC CURVES OF TRANSISTORS & OTHER SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ON CATHODE RAY TUBE SCREEN IN ORDER TO MEASURE & COMPARE THEM.

Technical

EXAMPLE OF ACOUSTICAL TEST EQUIPMENT OF 1960'S, PART OF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READING "TYPE 575 TRANSISTOR CURVE TRACER/ SERIAL 001556" & " TEKTRONIX INC./ PORTLAND, OREGON, U.S.A."/ BLACK, RED, & BLUE LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS/ LABEL READING "NATIONAL FILM BOARD 103936"

Missing

APPEARSCOMPLETE

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREEN PAINTED CASING WITH METALLIC GREY FRONT PANEL/ GREEN WINDOW/ BLACK CONTROLS & PARTS/ METALLIC PARTS

Decoration

N/A