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- OBJECT TYPE
- CABLE
- DATE
- 2000
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2000.0017.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Terayon Communication Systems
- MODEL
- TERAPRO TCM200
- LOCATION
- Santa Clara, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 14320023593
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 8
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 20.4 cm
- Width
- 17.1 cm
- Height
- 3.9 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Terayon
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Santa Clara
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- UNUSED - BUT GENERALLY LATE 1990'S
- Canada
-
CABLE MODEMS ARE KEY COMPONENT IN MAKING HIGH SPEED ACCESS TO INTERNET POSSIBLE VIA CABLE TELEVISON NETWORKS. THEY REPRESENT EVOLUTION IN INTERNET ACCESS BY PROVIDING HIGH SPEED ACCESS TO HOMES & SMALL OFFICES. NUMBER OF CANADIAN CABLE TELEVISION COMPANIES FURNISH CABLE MODEMS TO SUBSCRIBERS, MOST OF THEM BEING SUBSIDIARIES OF AMERICAN FIRMS. - Function
-
CABLE MODEM DESIGNED TO CONNECT PERSONAL COMPUTER TO INTERNET VIA CABLE TELEVISION NETWORK. IT CONVERTS DIGITAL OUTPUT FROM COMPUTER INTO RADIO FREQUENCY SIGNAL FOR TRANSMISSION OVER COAXIAL CABLE NETWORK, & CONVERTS RADIO FREQUENCY INPUT FROM CABLE NETWORK INTO DIGITAL INPUT TO COMPUTER. - Technical
-
THIS CABLE MODEM EMPLOYS MULTIPLEXING TECHNOLOGY CALLED SYNCHRONOUS- CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (S-CDMA) TO COMBINE SEVERAL CHANNELS ON SINGLE TRANSMISSION PATH. IT IS CAPABLE OF TWO-WAY TRANSMISSION SPEEDS OF UP TO 14 MBPS. CABLE MODEMS ARE ONE SOLUTION TO PROBLEM OF PROVIDING BROADBAND (HIGH SPEED) DATA CONNECTIONS HOMES & WORKPLACE USING EXISTING TRANSMISSION PATHS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- WHITE LETTERING ON UNDERSIDE READS "TeraPro Modem TCM200/ Terayon Communication Systems/ Santa Clara, California" WITH PATENT NUMBERS & REGULATING INFO.; WHITE BAR CODE LABEL READS "7000112-14.06 ASSEMBLED IN TAIWAN/ SN 014320023593"; ANOTHER BAR CODE LABEL READS "014320023593"
- Missing
- APPEARS COMPLETE
- Finish
- MEDIUM BLUE TEXTURED FINISH
- Decoration
- RAISED MFR.'S LOGO ON TOP/ WHITE LOGO READING "TERAYON" ON SIDE/
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Terayon Communication Systems, Modem, circa 2000, Artifact no. 2000.0017, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2000.0017.001/
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