Recorder-player, tape

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OBJECT TYPE: CASSETTE/PORTABLE
DATE: 1970
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0458.001

MANUFACTURER: Ampex
MODEL: MICRO 24
LOCATION: Elk Grove Village, Illinois, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 5090295
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: .1: BODY IS PLASTIC. SOME INTERIOR METAL PIECES/.2: LEATHERETTE CASE & STRAP

Dimensions

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

Length: 33.0 cm
Width: 23.0 cm
Height: 8.0 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Communications
Category: Sound
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Ampex
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Illinois
City: Elk Grove Village

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: 1970+
Canada: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Technical: TOP OF LINE MONO CASSETTE ON MARKET c.1970
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: ON CASSETTE VIEWING WINDOW IT STATES 'AMPEX MICRO 24'/ ON UNDERSIDE ON PLASTIC PLATE IN SILVER LETTERS 'AMPEX MICRO 24 CONSUMER EQUIPMENT DIVISION ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILLINOIS CATALOGUE NO.7720018-01'/ ON AFFIXED LABEL ABOVE BATTERY COVER 'CSA TESTING LABORATORIES APPROVED HOME ENTERTAINMENT DEVICES SG56 PTD IN CANADA'/ BELOW BATTERY COVER IN RAISED PLASTIC LETTERING 'MANUFACTURED TO AMPEX SPECIFICATIONS IN JAPAN 302'/ ALL SWITCHES, ETC. LABELLED/.3: 'AMPEX 242' PRINTED ON CASING. SEE SUPP. INFO. FILE FORMORE INFORMATION.
Missing: N/A
Finish: .1 BLACK PLASTIC UPPER & LOWER SECTIONS WITH SILVER PLASTIC CONTROLS & CENTRAL SECTION/.2 COWHIDE-GRAIN TEXTURED CARRYING CASE
Decoration: N/A

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Ampex, Recorder-player, tape, circa 1970, Artifact no. 1987.0458, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0458.001/

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