Hughes Slow Scan Television MSC-1, "Telescan"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Hughes
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A prototype "Telescan" unit in four pieces: .01: scan converter; .02: video switch and adjustment unit; .03: telephone interface unit; .04: switch box. Designed to communicate over telephone lines with television pictures and sound. Includes wiring harness that connects .02, .03, and .04. Dymo tape is used to label controls. Label on scan converter reads: "MSC-1 / Hughes / Hughes Aircraft Company / Industrial Products Div. / Oceanside, California"; label on back: "Hughes / Hughes Aircraft Company / model MSC-1 S/N 101 / 115 VAC 50/60 Hz Input / Industrial Products Div. / Oceanside, California". Red tape on .02 reads: "0803". Black tape on .03 reads "Telescanner". Red tape on .04 reads: "Prime" and "Erase".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New Hyde Park
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Ben Kleinerman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0724.03
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0724.03
label: accession number
content: 1986.0724
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Television
label: Object Name
content: television receiver
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: .01: 4 1/2 in x 8 3/4 in x 10 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 22.225 cm x 27.305 cm
label: Measurements
content: .02: 4 in x 10 in x 7 in; 10.16 cm x 25.4 cm x 17.78 cm
label: Measurements
content: .03: 3 3/4 in x 8 in x 7 3/4 in; 9.525 cm x 20.32 cm x 19.685 cm
label: Measurements
content: .04: 3 1/2 in x 5 1/2 in x 5 in; 8.89 cm x 13.97 cm x 12.7 cm