General Information

Serial #

749-01085

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, FEET, POWER CORD, PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

42.8 cm

Width

33.6 cm

Height

14.1 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

HEWLETT PACKARD

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

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

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT THAT GENERATES PULSED SIGNAL, OR OUTPUT THAT RAPIDLY CHANGES POLARITY. THIS EXAMPLE PROVIDED WIDE VARIETY OF PULSE TESTING, INCLUDING SQUARE WAVE TESTING.

Technical

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

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

INCISED BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "222A PULSE GENERATOR/ HEWLETT-PACKARD" WITH BLUE "hp" LOGO/ PLATE ON BACK READS "U.S. PATENT PENDING/ SER. 740-01085/ 738-00283/ 115/230 VOLTS 50-60 CYCLES/ MADE IN U.S.A."/ BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT & BACK/ BLACK LABEL READING "A15224"

Missing

TWO FEET From CA of 11/16/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Undetermined - may be missing 2 feet

Finish

TEXTURED BLUE-GREYPAINTED CASING/ GREY PAINTED CASING FRONT/ BRUSHED METAL & PLATED PARTS/ BLACK CONTROLS, FEET, POWER CORD/ RED LIGHTS

Decoration

N/A