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OBJECT TYPE
N/A
DATE
1968–1971
ARTIFACT NUMBER
1988.0240.001
MANUFACTURER
Ampex Corp., Videofile Information Systems Div.
MODEL
VIDEOFILE
LOCATION
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #
N/A
Part Number
1
Total Parts
1
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
90.5 cm
Width
75.0 cm
Height
173.0 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 0F IDENTIFICATION WHICH STORED FINGERPRINT IMAGES ON TAPE & RETRIEVED THEM FOR COMPARISON ON A VIDEO MONITOR. RCMP OPERATIONS MUCH RESPECTED, & EMULATED BY OTHERS.
Function
TRANSLATES VIDEO DOCUMENT IMAGE & ADDRESS SIGNAL INTO MAGNETIC RECORDING FOR STORAGE. ALSO TRANSLATES MAGNETIC RECORDING BACK INTO VIDEO DOCUMENT IMAGE & ADDRESS SIGNAL FOR RECALL. CREATES BOTH TEMPORARY WORK TAPES & PERMANENT MASTER FILE TAPE. (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
OPAQUE BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT FRONT CORNER READS: 'PRESS/ FOR/ POWER OFF'/ ORANGE BUTTON, TO RIGHT MARKED '5'/ ORANGE BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT BACK CORNER READS: 'TS/ 5'/ SMALL BLUE LABEL BELOW LEFT TAPE HEAD BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'AMPEX/ CAT.NO. 6201300/ SER.NO. BF069/ PROTECTED BY US AND FOREIGN PATENTS'/ SMALL BLACK LABEL BELOW RIGHT TAPE HEAD BEARS FOLLOWING: 'AMPEX FSCM 92739/ MADE IN USA/ CAT.6221831-01/ SER 35/ AMPEX CORP. REDWOOD CITY CA'/ LABELON HEAD COVER BEARS HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE 'DO NOT CLEAN/ THE SHELF/ BENEATH THE/ VIDEO SHELF'/ 'MONTHLY PM FLOWCHART'TAPED INSIDE DOOR REMOVED & STORED IN SUPP. INFO. FILE/ ALL SWITCHES, DIALS, LABELS, RACKS, ETC. LABELLED/ TAPE REELS MARKED '1/ AMPEX/ VIDEOFILE' & DATE
Missing
N/A
Finish
GREY WRINKLE-TEXTURED FRONT & BACK DOOR PANELS. CLEAR PLASTIC WINDOW & BLACK ACCENT PANEL ON FRONT DOOR. DARK BROWN IMITATION 'WOODGRAIN' MELAMINE ON SIDE PANELS.
Decoration
N/A

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