Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

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Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

1

Ou

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Brevets

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Description générale

METAL & PLASTIC CASING; METAL, PLASTIC & GLASS COMPONENT PARTS

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

90,5 cm

Largeur

75,0 cm

Hauteur

173,0 cm

Épaisseur

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Poids

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Diamètre

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Volume

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Lexique

Groupe

Technologie informatique

Catégorie

Périphériques numériques

Sous-catégorie

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Fabricant

Ou

Ampex

Pays

United States of America

État/province

California

Ville

Sunnyvale

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Ontario

Période

1971-1988

Canada

USED BY THE RCMP TO COMPILE,SEARCH & STORE THEIRCOLLECTION OF FINGERPRINT IMAGES. RCMP WAS THE FIRST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO USE A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM 0F IDENTIFICATION WHICH STORED FINGERPRINT IMAGES ON TAPE & RETRIEVED THEM FOR COMPARISON ON A VIDEO MONITOR. RCMP OPERATIONS MUCH RESPECTED, & EMULATED BY OTHERS.

Fonction

TRANSLATES VIDEO DOCUMENT IMAGE & ADDRESS SIGNAL INTO MAGNETIC RECORDING FOR STORAGE. ALSO TRANSLATES MAGNETIC RECORDING BACK INTO VIDEO DOCUMENT IMAGE & ADDRESS SIGNAL FOR RECALL. CREATES BOTH TEMPORARY WORK TAPES & PERMANENT MASTER FILE TAPE. (REF. 3, P.12)

Technique

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.

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

OPAQUE BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT FRONT CORNER READS: 'PRESS/ FOR/ POWER OFF'/ ORANGE BUTTON, TO RIGHT MARKED '5'/ ORANGE BUTTON IN UPPER RIGHT BACK CORNER READS: 'TS/ 5'/ SMALL BLUE LABEL BELOW LEFT TAPE HEAD BEARS FOLLOWING INFO.: 'AMPEX/ CAT.NO. 6201300/ SER.NO. BF069/ PROTECTED BY US AND FOREIGN PATENTS'/ SMALL BLACK LABEL BELOW RIGHT TAPE HEAD BEARS FOLLOWING: 'AMPEX FSCM 92739/ MADE IN USA/ CAT.6221831-01/ SER 35/ AMPEX CORP. REDWOOD CITY CA'/ LABELON HEAD COVER BEARS HANDWRITTEN MESSAGE 'DO NOT CLEAN/ THE SHELF/ BENEATH THE/ VIDEO SHELF'/ 'MONTHLY PM FLOWCHART'TAPED INSIDE DOOR REMOVED & STORED IN SUPP. INFO. FILE/ ALL SWITCHES, DIALS, LABELS, RACKS, ETC. LABELLED/ TAPE REELS MARKED '1/ AMPEX/ VIDEOFILE' & DATE

Manque

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Fini

GREY WRINKLE-TEXTURED FRONT & BACK DOOR PANELS. CLEAR PLASTIC WINDOW & BLACK ACCENT PANEL ON FRONT DOOR. DARK BROWN IMITATION 'WOODGRAIN' MELAMINE ON SIDE PANELS.

Décoration

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