Monitor, waveform

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OBJECT TYPE: VIDEO/V.TUBE & TRANSISTOR
DATE: 1979
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1997.0477.001

MANUFACTURER: Tektronix Inc.
MODEL: 529
LOCATION: Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America

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General Information

Serial #: 11059
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 1
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: METAL CASE; SYNTHETIC KNOBS; SYNTHETIC, METAL AND GLASS WORKING PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length: 49.0 cm
Width: 21.5 cm
Height: 21.5 cm
Thickness: N/A
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

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

Manufacturer

AKA: Tektronix
Country: United States of America
State/Province: Oregon
City: Beaverton

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
Period: THIS ONE USED BETWEEN C 1979 AND 1995
Canada: EXAMPLE OF EQUIPMENT USED BY THE CANWEST GLOBAL SYSTEM, THE SECOND-LARGEST PRIVATELY-OWNED, ENGLISH-LANGUAGE TV NETWORK IN CANADA.
Function: USED BY THE TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OF A TELEVISION BROADCAST STATION TO ENSURE CORRECT VIDEO LEVELS [REF 2].
Technical: THIS IS A TECHNICALLY TRANSITIONAL MONITOR AS IT HAS BOTH VACUUM TUBES AND SOLID STATE - THE NEXT MODEL, 528, WAS COMPLETELY SOLID STATE. THE MANUFACTURER, TEKTRONIX, HAS LONG BEEN A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF INSTRUMENTS TO THE BROADCASTING INDUSTRY. [REF 2]
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON FRONT INCLUDES: 'TYPE 529 WAVEFORM MONITOR/ SERIAL/ 011059/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS]'/ PRINTING ON OSCILLISCOPE SCREEN INCLUDES: '2% AND 4% K FACTOR.25 [?]SEC 2T PULSE'/ PRINTING ON BACK INCLUDES: 'THIS INSTRUMENT MANUFACTURED UNDER ONE/ OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING U.S. PATENTS/ 2,836,807 3,227,992 2,769,904/ 3,121,020 3,358,155/ TEKTRONIX, INC./ FUSE DATA/ 115V 1.25A SLOW/ 230V.6A SLOW/ CONNECTED FOR/ 115V/ OPERATING RANGE/ 115V +/- 10% 50-60/ [DESIGNATIONS AROUND KNOBS]'/ STICKER ON BACK: 'PROPERTY OF/ G 1786/ GLOBAL/ COMMUNICATIONS LTD'/ PRINTED ON SIDE PANEL: '[DESIGNATIONS AROUND CONNECTIONS]'
Missing: APPEARS COMPLETE
Finish: BRUSHED METAL FRONT & BACK PANELSWITH BLACK PRINTING AND BLACK KNOBS; YELLOW CORD; UNFINISHED METAL SIDE & TOP PANELS; DARK GREY OSCILLOSCOPE FRAME WITH GREEN SCREEN AND WHITE PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Tektronix Inc., Monitor, waveform, circa 1979, Artifact no. 1997.0477, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1997.0477.001/

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