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- OBJECT TYPE
- INTERMEDIATE MEMORY
- DATE
- 1968–1971
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1988.0241.001
- 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
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- METAL 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
- 87.0 cm
- Width
- 73.0 cm
- Height
- 174.0 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-BASEDSYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION WHICH STORED FINGERPRINT IMAGES ON TAPE & RETRIEVED THEM FOR COMPARISON ON A VIDEO MONITOR. RCMP OPERATIONS MUCH RESPECTED, & EMULATED BY OTHERS. - Function
-
DISC MAGNETIC RECORDING DEVICE USED FOR A VARIETY OF TEMPORARY STORAGEFUNCTIONS IN FILING, RECALL & OTHER DOCUMENT IMAGE MANIPULATIONS. BUFFER HOLDS GROUP OF DOCUMENTS & THEY CAN BE CONTROLLED TO RECORD OR REPRODUCE ITS IMAGES ONE AT A TIME OR TO TRANSFER ITS ENTIRE CONTENTS TO ANOTHER SECTION. (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 IN UPPER LEFT CORNER/ OPAQUE BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT CORNER BEARS FOLLOWING MESSAGE: 'PRESS FOR/ POWER/ OFF'/ ORANGE BUTTON TO RIGHT BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'BS/1'; IDENTICAL BUTTON APPEARS IN UPPER RIGHT REAR CORNER/ NUMEROUS MARKINGS, INCLUDING AMPEX LABELS ON VARIOUS COMPONENT PARTS.
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- GREY WRINKLE-TEXTURED FRONT & BACK ACCESS DOORS/ BLACK FRAME VISIBLE ON TWO OPEN SIDES
- Decoration
- N/A
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Ampex Corp., Videofile Information Systems Div., Buffer section unit, between 1968–1971, Artifact no. 1988.0241, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1988.0241.001/
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