Tape, audio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- MAGNETIC/CARTRIDGE/8-TRACK
- DATE
- 1975
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2001.0270.001
- MANUFACTURER
- STEREODYNE (CANADA) LTD.
- MODEL
- DYNAPAK
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 136545 40
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC TAPE/ SYNTHETIC CARTRIDGE/ PAPER LABELS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 13.3 cm
- Width
- 10.2 cm
- Height
- 2.2 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- STEREODYNE
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- 1970S
- Canada
-
EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIALLY PRE-RECORDED 8-TRACK CARTRIDGE. 8-TRACK PLAYERS WERE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY IN AUTOMOBILES, FROM THE LATE 1960S TO THE LATE 1970S. - Function
-
RECORDING & PLAYBACK MEDIUM FOR USE WITH 8-TRACK CASSETTE AUDIO RECORDER-PLAYER. THIS TYPE WAS PURCHASED ALREADY CONTAINING PRE-RECORDED MATERIAL. - Technical
-
8-TRACK WAS BASED ON CONTINUOUS LOOP CARTRIDGE SYSTEM DESIGNED IN 1950S & IMPROVED BY WILLIAM P. LEAR IN 1984. 8-TRACK SUFFERED FROM MECHANICAL PROBLEMS & BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR AUTOMOBILEPLAYBACK IN MOVING VEHICLE, COULD NOT FAST-FORWARD, REWIND, ERASE OR EDIT EASILY. IT WAS NOT POPULAR AS HOME RECORDING MEDIUM & BY EARLY 1980S HAD BEEN LARGELY DISPLACED BY 1/4 INCH COMPACT CASSETTE. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 BLACK LETTERING ON LABEL READS "8 track stereo/ tape cartridge", "MANUFACTURED AND DISTRIBUTED BY/ STEREODYNE (CANADA) LIMITED", "DGG-8-136-545", "Deutsche/ Grammophon/ Gesellschaft/ MOSKAUER NACHTE/ 45 Jahre Don Kosaken Chor Serge Jaroff/ STEREO"; RAISED LETTERING ON CARTRIDGE READS "STEREODYNE (CANADA) LTD. TORONTO, ONTARIO/ DYNAPAK/ MADE IN CANADA PATENTS PENDING"/.2 BLACK LETTERING READING "8/ TRACK/ STEREO/ 8/ TAPE/ CARTRIDGE/ CARTOUCHE/ DE RUBAN" & "MANUFACTURED BY/COLUMBIA RECORDS OF CANADA LTD."
- Missing
- COMPLETE
- Finish
- BROWN TAPE/ WHITE CARTRIDGE/ MULTICOLOURED LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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STEREODYNE (CANADA) LTD., Tape, audio, circa 1975, Artifact no. 2001.0270, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2001.0270.001/
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