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- OBJECT TYPE
- OPTICAL DATA ENTRY DIGITIZER
- DATE
- 1968–1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0238.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Ampex Corp., Videofile Information Systems Div.
- MODEL
- VIDEOFILE
- LOCATION
- Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- 1. PLASTIC & METAL TABLE; VINYL TRIM. PLASTIC, METAL & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS/.2 METAL CASING - METAL & PLASTIC COMPONENT PARTS/.3 PLASTIC (?) & METAL CASING. PLASTIC & METAL COMPONENT PARTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 193.7 cm
- Width
- 86.2 cm
- Height
- 80.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Ampex
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- California
- City
- Sunnyvale
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1971-1988
- Canada
-
USED BY THE RCMP TO COMPILE, SEARCH & STORE THEIR COLLECTION OF FINGERPRINT IMAGES. RCMP WAS THE FIRST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO USE A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION WHICH STORED FINGERPRINT IMAGES ON TAPE & RETRIEVED THEM FOR COMPARISON ON A VIDEO MONITOR. RCMP OPERATIONS MUCH RESPECTED, & EMULATED BY OTHERS. - Function
-
DOCUMENT ENTRY STATION/ ELECTRONIC OUTPUT OF THIS SECTION IS VIDEO IMAGE OF DOCUMENT PAGE & ITS ASSOCIATED ADDRESS SIGNALS/ MAY HAVE BEEN USED WITH DISPLAY UNIT (SEE 880239) ALLOWING OPERATOR TO VIEW CAMERA OUTPUT BEFORE FILING (REF. 3, P.11) - Technical
-
FIRST SEMI-AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT SEARCHING, STORAGE & RETRIEVAL SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. NEW TECHNOLOGY PERMITTED REDUCTION OF MANPOWER & SPACE REQUIRED TO OPERATE THE FINGERPRINT BUREAU, AND REDUCED SEARCHING FROM HOURS OR OFTEN DAYS TO A FEW MINUTES. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- 'AMPEX' INCISED ON PLATE ON PLATEN HOUSING/ MFR'S LABEL INSIDE BACK OF TABLE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION/ MODEL VF/ 115 92 FS1 VOLTS 120 AC/ SYSTEM9190-802000 AMPS 4/ SERIAL 71-47-0025 MERTZ 60/ AMPEX/HEADQUARTERS. REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA/ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'/ SECOND LABEL ON LEFT: 'AMPEX M[ADE IN U.S.A.]/ CAT/PART: 6207440-0 [---]/ SERIAL 000125/ F.S. 1' (LABEL DAMAGED) LABEL INSIDE BACK ACCESS DOOR BEARS HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE: 'SCREWS ARE/ IN FS# LHS DRAW./ K'/ NUMEROUS MARKINGS ON MANY INTERNAL COMPONENTS
- Missing
- CAMERA LENS/ ACCORDING TO RCMP UNIT IS COMPLETE/ MECHANICAL KEYBOARD ON UNIT REPLACED WITH ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD.
- Finish
- PRIMARILY GREY WRINKLE-FINISH EXTERIORS; BLACK WRINKLE-TEXTURED FRONTS OR ACCENT PANELS/ DARK BROWN 'WOODGRAIN' MELAMINE PANELS ON SIDES, FRONT & BACK OF LOWER PORTION OF TABLE.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ampex Corp., Videofile Information Systems Div., Console, image scanner, between 1968–1971, Artifact no. 1988.0238, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1988.0238.001/
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