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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/BETA
DATE: 1982
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1998.0294.003

MANUFACTURER: 3M
MODEL: Scotch/L-750
LOCATION: United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 47505257
Part Number: 3
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Unknown

Dimensions

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Length: N/A
Width: N/A
Height: N/A
Thickness: N/A
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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: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS UNIT USED 1982+
Canada: THIS MACHINE WAS USED BY THE DONOR, WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE "TELECOLLEGE" PROGRAMME AT WILFRED LAURIER UNIVERSITY. SELECTED WLU COURSES WERE RECORDED AND BROADCAST BY THE LOCAL CABLE COMPANY AND CFTO: UNIVERSITY CREDITS COULD BE EARNED BY TAKING THESE COURSES. (REF. 1)
Function: Unknown
Technical: EXAMPLE OF HIGH QUALITY BETAMAX MACHINE. SONY BETAMAX SYSTEM PREMIERED IN 1975, PRODUCING INHERENTLY SUPERIOR PICTURE QUALITY (STILL TRUE IN 1998, FROM ENGINEERING STANDPOINT). USES 1/2-INCH MAGNETIC TAPE HOUSED IN CASSETTE. COULD BE PROGRAMMED TO RECORD TVPROGRAMMES FROM VARIETY OF CHANNELS OVER 2-WEEK PERIOD.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: N/A
Missing: Appears complete
Finish: Unknown
Decoration: N/A

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3M, Videotape, circa 1982, Artifact no. 1998.0294, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1998.0294.003/

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