Tape, audio

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OBJECT TYPE: DIGITAL/MAGNETIC/CASSETTE/120 MIN
DATE: 1987
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1987.0242.001

MANUFACTURER: MAXELL CORP. OF AMERICA
MODEL: R-120DM
LOCATION: Japan

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Metallic tape in sealed plastic casing/plastic case/cardboard and paper labels./.1 Plastic wrapping.

Dimensions

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

Length: 8.0 cm
Width: 5.8 cm
Height: 1.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: MAXELL
Country: Japan
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
Period: NEW - NEVER USED
Canada: One of the first commercially available brands of digital audio tape in Canada; D.A.T. makes possible tape recordings of a quality equivalent to that of the compact disk.
Function: Digital audio tape for digital audio tape player-recorder.
Technical: D.A.T. is a new type of audio format, which uses a smaller, sealed cassette and a new magnetic tape formulation. Information stored on the tape is written in digital language rather than analog wave forms, eliminating errors, noise, pitch instability, etc..
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: White lettering on tape casing reading "maxell", "DAT/Digital Audio Tape", "DIGITAL AUDIOTAPE/METAL PARTICLE","R-120DM"/black, blue, and green lettering including "Maxell Corporation of America/60 Oxford Drive, Moonachie, New Jersey 07074" and "Made in Japan", with model no., product info. etc..
Missing: none
Finish: Blue, white, and transparent tape casing/transparent case/blue and white labels./.1 Blue, silver, green, and transparent wrapping.
Decoration: N/A

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MAXELL CORP. OF AMERICA, Tape, audio, 1987, Artifact no. 1987.0242, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0242.001/

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