General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

2

Total Parts

4

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & SYNTHETIC CONSTRUCTION

Dimensions

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

Length

13.0 cm

Width

7.5 cm

Height

3.5 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

MATSUSHITA

Country

Japan

State/Province

Unknown

City

Fukuoka

Context

Country

Worldwide

State/Province

Unknown

Period

THIS MACHINE NEVER USED. THIS TYPE (IE. DIGITAL) AVAILABLE LATE 1980S +

Canada

TELEPHONE ANSWERING MACHINES FIRST AVAILABLE IN CANADA IN 1950S, BUT NOT COMMON UNTIL EARLY 1980S. THE RAPID ADOPTION OF ANSWERING MACHINES IN 1980S REFLECTS CHANGING CANADIAN SOCIETY: MORE CANADIANS WERE LIVING ALONE, AND MORE MARRIED WOMEN WORKED OUTSIDE THE HOME.

Function

TO RECORD AND PLAY BACK TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBER GREETING AND CALLER MESSAGES.

Technical

REPLACING CASSETTE-BASED ANALOGUE RECORDERS, DIGITAL MACHINES CONVERT AN INCOMING AUDIO SIGNAL INTO A COMPRESSED DIGITAL BIT STREAM AND STORE IT IN A MEMORY CHIP. THIS MODEL IS A HIGH-END CONSUMER MACHINE WHICH IS SIMPLE TO OPERATE, OFFERS OPTIONAL FEATURES SUCH AS MAILBOXES, SKIPPING OR DELETING MESSAGES, CALLER DISPLAY, AND A BILINGUAL GREETING OPTION. (REF.1)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

N/A

Missing

N/A

Finish

Unknown

Decoration

N/A