Tape, audio
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- OBJECT TYPE
- DIGITAL/MAGNETIC/CASSETTE/120 MIN
- DATE
- 1987
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0242.001
- MANUFACTURER
- MAXELL CORP. OF AMERICA
- MODEL
- R-120DM
- LOCATION
- Japan
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 3
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Metallic tape in sealed plastic casing/plastic case/cardboard and paper labels./.1 Plastic wrapping.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 8.0 cm
- Width
- 5.8 cm
- Height
- 1.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Communications
- Category
- Sound
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- MAXELL
- Country
- Japan
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- NEW - NEVER USED
- Canada
-
One of the first commercially available brands of digital audio tape in Canada; D.A.T. makes possible tape recordings of a quality equivalent to that of the compact disk. - Function
-
Digital audio tape for digital audio tape player-recorder. - Technical
-
D.A.T. is a new type of audio format, which uses a smaller, sealed cassette and a new magnetic tape formulation. Information stored on the tape is written in digital language rather than analog wave forms, eliminating errors, noise, pitch instability, etc.. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- White lettering on tape casing reading "maxell", "DAT/Digital Audio Tape", "DIGITAL AUDIOTAPE/METAL PARTICLE","R-120DM"/black, blue, and green lettering including "Maxell Corporation of America/60 Oxford Drive, Moonachie, New Jersey 07074" and "Made in Japan", with model no., product info. etc..
- Missing
- none
- Finish
- Blue, white, and transparent tape casing/transparent case/blue and white labels./.1 Blue, silver, green, and transparent wrapping.
- Decoration
- N/A
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MAXELL CORP. OF AMERICA, Tape, audio, 1987, Artifact no. 1987.0242, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collections.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0242.001/
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