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Player, Audiocassette

Object number2016.96.19 a-d

Manufacturer Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Datec. 1967

OriginJapan

MediumMetal; Plastic; Leather; Paper; Adhesive; Fabric; Ink; Recording tape

Credit LineGift of James Sutherland

DescriptionAudiocassette player with leather case and tape cartridge.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a): 3.75 × 7 × 1.438 in. (9.5 × 17.8 × 3.7 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (b): 4 × 6.875 × 2 in. (10.2 × 17.5 × 5.1 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c-d together): 3.063 × 2.813 × 1.25 in. (7.8 × 7.1 × 3.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (c): 3 × 2.625 × 1.25 in. (7.6 × 6.7 × 3.2 cm)
Height x Width x Depth (d): 1.125 × 2.813 × 1.25 in. (2.9 × 7.1 × 3.2 cm)
Inscriptions(c)
Bottom has paper label with printed text on left "Westinghouse / [Westinghouse logo] / RECORDING TAPE" and handwritten text at right "6-4-67 / SUNDAY / LETTER TO JIM'S / SIDE 2 RONALD L. SUTHERLAND / JIM, RUTH, SALLY, ANN,".
Marks(a)
Front has blue and silver Westinghouse logo at top left.

Cartridge window has silver text inside "1 For best tonal quality, keep the / two heads clean. Use a cotton / swab moistened with alcohol. / 2 Do Not clean the white pad. / [Westinghouse logo] Westinghouse / MODEL H29RI".

Top has text inside window at left "BATT. CH. PLAY / REC." and additional text, from left to right "START / REWIND / STOP / PLAY / RECORD / LIFT / Westinghouse / VOL / S F / SPEED".

Reverse has white text in the bottom let corner "CHARGE PLUG FOR / RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES".

Right side hsa white text "MIC" and "EAR".

Underside has text "JAPAN 704".

(b)
Front of case has silver Westinghouse logo at left center.

Silver text on right side "MIC".

Imprinted text on the underside "JAPAN".

(c)
Text on reverse in bottom right corner "JAPAN".

(d)
Raised text on top "[Westinghouse logo] Westinghouse".
Historical NotesWestinghouse tape player and cartridge. Part of a collection of materials that document the early development of computer technology at Westinghouse where donor James Sutherland was an engineer. Sutherland was a design engineer for computers at Westinghouse in the 1960s. He earned a degree in electrical engineering, served in the United States Air Force, and then began to work for Westinghouse in 1959. He worked in the logic group and designed the Control and Indexing Units for the Westinghouse PRODAC-IV (Programmed Digital Automatic Controller). The computer used NOR logic elements, developed by Westinghouse’s Buffalo plant, to run. With permission Jim took parts of these computers home and eventually built a home computer called ECHO IV (Electronic Home Computing Operator), it is now in The Computer Museum in Boston. ECHO IV was recognized as the first home computer by the Annals of Computing History and The Computer Museum in Boston.

Previous owner James F. Sutherland

Related person Ronald L. Sutherland

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