General Information

Serial #

1

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ SYNTHETIC/ PLEXIGLASSDISPLAY CASE

Dimensions

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

Length

48.3 cm

Width

30.5 cm

Height

47.8 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Communications

Category

Sound

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

LOCKHEED

Country

United States of America

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

1969 TO EARLY 1970'S AS AN ENGINEERING BACKUP MODEL

Canada

RECORDS OF THIS TYPE WERE USED WITH THE CANADIAN DESIGNED & DEVELOPED ISIS SATELLITES, WHICH PUT CANADA IN THE FOREFRONT OF SPACE AGE HISTORY.

Function

SEE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS IN SUPP. INFO.

Technical

THE ISIS A TAPE RECORDER WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR DESIGN INNOVATIONS OF THE ISIS SERIES. IT WAS A FOUR TRACK MACHINE CAPABLE OF RECORDING A MAXIMUM OF 16 MINUTES OF DATA ON EACH TRACK & PLAYING IT BACK AT FOUR TIMES THE RECORDING SPEED ON COMMAND. (SEE EAD'S MEMO OF 12/4/83 IN SUPP. INFO.)

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

MFR'S PLATE WITH MFR'S MODEL NAMES, SERIAL NO. ETC./ RED LETTERING ON DISPLAY CASE SIGN READING 'MAGNETIC TAPE RECORDER/ ISIS I'

Missing

N/A

Finish

METAL CASING PAINTED BLACK/ METALLIC PARTS/ MULTICOLOURED SYNTHETIC/ CLEAR, COLOURLESS PLEXIGLASS

Decoration

N/A