General Information

Serial #

8010316

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

.1 METAL CASING, CONTROLS, PARTS; SYNTHETIC CONTROLS, SCREEN, POWER CORD, HANDLE GRIP, FOOT, PARTS/.2 METAL FRAME, CASING, DRAWER, PARTS; SYNTHETIC PARTS; RUBBER TIRES

Dimensions

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

Length

57.5 cm

Width

32.0 cm

Height

18.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Tektronix

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Oregon

City

Beaverton

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Quebec

Period

1970'S+

Canada

EQUIPMENT USED IN ENGINEERING DEPT. OF NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA. CREATED IN 1939, NFB IS PUBLIC AGENCY THAT PRODUCES & DISTRIBUTES FILMS & OTHER AUDIOVISUAL WORKS WHICH REFLECT CANADA. AT ONE TIME WELL FUNDED BY GOV'T, NFB HAD GOOD QUALITY EQUIPMENT BY WELL KNOWN MFRS.

Function

GENERALLY, INSTRUMENT THAT USES CATHODE RAY TUBE TO DISPLAY FLUCTUATING ELECTRICAL SIGNALS ON SCREEN, FOR TESTING ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT. THIS ONE MEASURED FAST-RISE PULSES & HIGH FREQUENCY SIGNALS TO AT LEAST 150 MHZ.

Technical

OSCILLOSCOPE LIKE THIS ONE WAS FUNDAMENTAL PIECE OF TEST EQUIPMENT FOR LABORATORY OR REPAIR FACILITY. THIS EXAMPLE FORM 1970'S WAS PARTOF EQUIPMENT OF AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION FACILITY.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 BLACK LETTERING ON FRONT READS "454A OSCILLOSCOPE" WITH MFR.'S LOGO, "SERIAL/ 8010316", & "TEKTRONIX, INC., BEAVERTON, OREGON, U.S.A.", WITH BLACK LETTERING FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS ON FRONT; PLATE READING "NFB A-26292 ONF"/.2 BLACK LETTERING ON DRAWER FRONT READS "TYPE 500A/ SCOPE-MOBILE/ MODEL 7" & "TEKTRONIX, INC., PORTLAND, OREGON, U.S.A.", WITH MFR.'S LOGO

Missing

3 FEET From CA of 11/16/2001 by Matthew Bruce: Yes - .001: missing hinge pins inside front cover, foam padding has been removed. .002: some kind of metal/plastic relay is sitting in the drawer

Finish

.1 TEXTURED BLUE-GREEN PAINTED CASING; METALLIC GREY FRONT PANEL WITH GREEN, BLUE, & GREY AREAS; GREY, RED, GREEN, BLACK, COLOURLESS CLEAR CONTROLS; METALLIC & BRUSHED METAL PARTS; SMOKED GREY SCREEN; BLACK SYNTHETIC HANDLE, POWER CORD; /.2 CHROME PLATED FRAME WITH TEXTURED BLUE-GREEN PAINTED CASING & LOWER SHELF; GREY SYNTHETIC SHELF TOP; METALLIC GREY DRAWER FRONT PANEL & CASING PANEL; BLACK RECEPTACLES, PARTS, WHEELS

Decoration

.1 BRUSHED METAL TRIM ALONG SIDES/.2 METAL TRIM AROUND EDGE OF SHELF