Cartridge Tape Recorder
date: label: date made
content: ca 1973
name: label: maker
content: Viking
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Viking’s model 811R tape recorder was made for home use. The 8-track format was created in 1964 by a consortium led by Bill Lear, along with Ampex, Ford, GM, Motorola and RCA. Intrigued by Earl Muntz’s four-track cartridge, Lear wanted a tape system for his Learjet business aircraft. Realizing that the aviation market was too small, Lear convinced Ford and GM to offer optional 8-track players. The format became popular for several years, finally losing to Philips compact cassette. This Viking unit sold for about $170 in 1969, by 1972 the price had dropped to about $85.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
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content: Magnetic Recording
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from Edwin Spirer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1996.0105.02
label: catalog number
content: 1996.0105.02
label: accession number
content: 1996.0105
objectType: label: Object Name
content: tape recorder
label: Object Name
content: recording device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 cm x 28 cm x 12 cm; 14 15/16 in x 11 in x 4 3/4 in