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- OBJECT TYPE
- WEATHER RADAR FACSIMILE/ANALOG
- DATE
- 1979
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1990.0200.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co. Inc.
- MODEL
- 9290S
- LOCATION
- Westborough, Massachusetts, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 17
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL CASING & WORKING PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 57.0 cm
- Width
- 46.0 cm
- Height
- 49.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Alden
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Massachusetts
- City
- Westborough
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980-1990
- Canada
-
AN AMERICAN-MADE MACHINE WHICH RECORDED DATA TRANSMITTED FROM SCEPTRE (SYSTEM FOR CONSTANT ELEVATION PRECIPITATION TRANSMISSION & RECORDING) TRANSMITTERS OPERATED BY AES. SCEPTRE WAS DEVELOPED BY AES C.1971 TO EXPLOIT THE RADAR NETWORK TO THE GREATEST DEGREE WITH DATA RECORDING & REAL TIME DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION. - Function
-
A DEVICE WHICH AUTOMATICALLY SENDS & RECEIVES FACSIMILE PRINTED MESSAGES OVER DISTANCES VIA THE TELEPHONE SYSTEM; THIS TYPE RECORDS PICTORIALLY PRECIPITATION DATA TRANSMITTED BY A REMOTE RADAR TRANSCEIVER ON A CONTINUOUS ROLL OF ELECTROLYTIC PAPER. PRECIPITATION ECHOS ARE DISPLAYED AS DARK AREAS ON THE WHITE PAPER & ALLOW THE USER TO DETERMINE THEIR LOCATION & RELATIVE INTENSITY. - Technical
-
THIS REPRESENTS THE `USER=END' OF THE SCEPTRE SYSTEM WHICH CONSISTED OF A WSR-807 RADAR, PDP11/35 COMPUTER, & THE ALDEN FAX MACHINE. SCEPTRE PERMITTED REAL TIME ACCESS TO INFORMATION FROM REMOTE LOCATIONS IN HARDCOPY WHICH HAD SUBSTANTIAL IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL NETWORKS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- .1 PLATE ON UPPER SURFACE READING `ALDEN/ ELECTRONIC & IMPULSE RECORDING/ EQUIPMENT CO. INC./ WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS 01581/ ALDEN 110 WEATHER RADAR RECORDER/ MODEL 9290S SERIAL MO. 17/ 115 V 60 Hz 1.7 A' & `MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A.' WITH PATENT INFO./.1 PLATE READING `ALDEN 110 WEATHER RADAR FAX RECORDER/ ELECTRONICS'/.1 PLATE READS `ALDEN ELECTRONIC & IMPULSE RECORDING/ EQUIPMENT CO. INC./ WESTBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS 01581/ ALDEN 1800 PAPER TAKE-UP/ MODEL 9271H OAC SERIAL NO. 11/ 115 V 60 Hz 1A/ MANUFACTURED IN U.S.A.'/ .1 BLUE IMPRESSION PRINTED LABEL READING `CKT OOWRF 001'
- Missing
- THE FAX IMFORMATION WAS ORIGINALLY TRANSMITTED OVER TELEPHONE LINES IN ANALOG. THE SWITCH TO DIGITAL TRANSMISSION HAS MADE THESE EARLIER MODELS REDUNDANT.
- Finish
- CASING & SOME PARTS PAINTED TWO SHADES OF GREY ENAMEL/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ PLATED PARTS
- Decoration
- N/A
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Alden Electronic & Impulse Recording Equipment Co. Inc., Facsimile machine, circa 1979, Artifact no. 1990.0200, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1990.0200.001/
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