General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL & PLASTIC CASING; METAL, PLASTIC, & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

81.0 cm

Width

45.0 cm

Height

59.0 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 THEIRCOLLECTION 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

DISPLAYS DOCUMENT IMAGES. USED WITH A BUFFER UNIT (SEE 880341) COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS CAN BE RECALLED & EXAMINED INDIVIDUALLY (REF. 3, P.12)

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 FRONT RIGHT/ MFR'S LABEL INSIDE BACK OF CASING: 'SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION/ MODEL VF 151/ 12 DS8 VOLTS 120V/ SYSTEM 9461-943800 AMPS 2.6A/ SERIAL 70-51-008 CYCLES 60 HZ/ AMPEX/ HEADQUARTERS: REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA/ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'/ LABEL IN LOWER LEFT OF BACK READS 'VFf #5'; STAMPED BESIDE: 'JAN 02 1976'/ NUMEROUS MARKINGS ON COMPONENT PARTS

Missing

BACK PANEL/ ACCORDING TO RCMP UNIT IS COMPLETE/ MECHANICAL KEYBOARD ON UNIT REPLACED WITH ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD.

Finish

PRIMARILY GREY WRINKLE-FINISH EXTERIOR. BLACK SIDES, BACK & FRAME SURROUNDING SCREEN. SEPIA TINTED SCREEN

Decoration

N/A