General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

1. PLASTIC & METAL TABLE; VINYL TRIM. PLASTIC, METAL & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS/.2 METAL CASING - METAL & PLASTIC COMPONENT PARTS/.3 PLASTIC (?) & METAL CASING. PLASTIC & METAL COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

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

Length

193.7 cm

Width

86.2 cm

Height

80.0 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 THEIR COLLECTION OF FINGERPRINT IMAGES. RCMP WAS THE FIRST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO USE A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION WHICH STORED FINGERPRINT IMAGES ON TAPE & RETRIEVED THEM FOR COMPARISON ON A VIDEO MONITOR. RCMP OPERATIONS MUCH RESPECTED, & EMULATED BY OTHERS.

Function

DOCUMENT ENTRY STATION/ ELECTRONIC OUTPUT OF THIS SECTION IS VIDEO IMAGE OF DOCUMENT PAGE & ITS ASSOCIATED ADDRESS SIGNALS/ MAY HAVE BEEN USED WITH DISPLAY UNIT (SEE 880239) ALLOWING OPERATOR TO VIEW CAMERA OUTPUT BEFORE FILING (REF. 3, P.11)

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 ON PLATEN HOUSING/ MFR'S LABEL INSIDE BACK OF TABLE BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION/ MODEL VF/ 115 92 FS1 VOLTS 120 AC/ SYSTEM9190-802000 AMPS 4/ SERIAL 71-47-0025 MERTZ 60/ AMPEX/HEADQUARTERS. REDWOOD CITY, CALIFORNIA/ MADE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'/ SECOND LABEL ON LEFT: 'AMPEX M[ADE IN U.S.A.]/ CAT/PART: 6207440-0 [---]/ SERIAL 000125/ F.S. 1' (LABEL DAMAGED) LABEL INSIDE BACK ACCESS DOOR BEARS HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE: 'SCREWS ARE/ IN FS# LHS DRAW./ K'/ NUMEROUS MARKINGS ON MANY INTERNAL COMPONENTS

Missing

CAMERA LENS/ ACCORDING TO RCMP UNIT IS COMPLETE/ MECHANICAL KEYBOARD ON UNIT REPLACED WITH ELECTRONIC KEYBOARD.

Finish

PRIMARILY GREY WRINKLE-FINISH EXTERIORS; BLACK WRINKLE-TEXTURED FRONTS OR ACCENT PANELS/ DARK BROWN 'WOODGRAIN' MELAMINE PANELS ON SIDES, FRONT & BACK OF LOWER PORTION OF TABLE.

Decoration

N/A