Facsimile machine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- Digital/Contact image scanning
- DATE
- 1988–1991
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2007.0213.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Tandy Corp.
- MODEL
- Tandyfax 1000
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- 9491200124
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Synthetic casing with metal and synthetic interior parts.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 36.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 13.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Telephony
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Radio Shack
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1990's
- Canada
-
Though modern fax became possible in the 1970s it was not until the mid-1980s that fax machines started to become prevalent in businesses and in the home. - Function
-
To send or receive a document via telephone lines. - Technical
-
though fax machines had become much smaller and cheaper throughout the 1980s, the greatest contributor too their near-ubiquity was standardization. throughout the 1970s, communication between fax machines of different manufacturers was not always possible owing to different speeds and modulation techniques in each model. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Mfr's plate at back "TANDYFAX [TM] 1000/ FACSIMILE MACHINE/ 76-1000/ DATE OF MFR/ DATE DE MFR 12A9/ 110 120V - 50-60 Hz 60W 1.0A/ MADE IN JAPAN DISTRIBUTED IN CANADA BY INTERTAN/ CANADA LTD. BARRIE, ONTARIO L4M 4W5/ TRADEMARKS OF TANDY CORPORATION/ S.NO: 09491200124/ LOAD NUMBER/ NUMERO DE CHANGE/ 12/ This digital apparatus does no exceed the Class B limits for radio noise/ emission from dogotal apparatus set out in the Radio Interference/ Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications./ L'interference radioelectrique generee par cet appareil numerique de/ type B ne depasse pas les limites enoncees dans le Reglement sur les/ perturbations radioelectriques, section appareil numerique du Ministre/ des Communications."/ White label with red and black print reads: "[Maple leaf flag logo]/ Communications/ canada/ 255 2825 A"/ On front of fax machine "TANDYFAX 1000"/ Also on front of machine is a touch panel and display. Label on handset reads: "MCK0206G"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- Beige coloured plastic casing and telephone receiver. Plastic touch screen with grey background, white numbers and letters and blue contours.
- Decoration
- N/A
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Tandy Corp., Facsimile machine, between 1988–1991, Artifact no. 2007.0213, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2007.0213.001/
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