Player, Eight-Track
Object number2016.96.23 a,b
Manufacturer
Westinghouse Electric Corporation
OriginJapan
MediumWood; Metal; Plastic; Audiotape; Rubber; Electrical wire; Paper; Ink; Adhesive
Credit LineGift of James Sutherland
DescriptionWestinghouse eight-track stereo with eight-track cartridge entitled "Adventures in Research."DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (a - not including cord): 3.875 × 13.5 × 10.5 in. (9.8 × 34.3 × 26.7 cm)Height x Width x Depth (b): 5.375 × 4 × 0.875 in. (13.7 × 10.2 × 2.2 cm)
Marks(a)
Front has control elements each labeled, from left to right, "HEADPHONE", "CHANNEL", "BALANCE", "TREBLE", "BASS", "", and "VOLUME".
Front's tape insertion window has text "[Westinghouse logo] Westinghouse eight track stereo" and above the window, each blue plastic light is labeled, from left to right "1", "2", "3", and "4".
Reverse has text on left "Model TSC8150A 8 Track Stereo Player / 120 Volts 50/60Hz 60 Watts / CAUTION:... / 206 JAPAN"; text at bottom just right of center "Westinghouse [Westinghouse logo] Electric Corporation"; and text above the speaker ports "SPEAKER / (8 OHMS / R L)".
Reverse has two stickers at right; left sticker has text "UL" and right sticker has text "SERIAL No. / 03210 / NBA".
(b)
White paper label has black printed text "[Westinghouse logo] Adventures in Research / Copied from original transcription discs by: J.F. Sutherland, Member / Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society / TRACK 1 - "Prophecy of Bologna" / (serial number 365) / TRACK 2 - "The Man Who Nursed Pigeons" / (serial number 391) / TRACK 3 - "Alexander the Great" / (serial number 547) / TRACK 4 - "Nathan's Enigma" / (serial number 453) / [Westinghouse logo] Adventures in Research".
Raised text above the audio tape end "INSERT THIS SIDE UP".
Below Westinghouse label is the tape's original label with some text legible including "DECCA BARGAIN SERIES..."
Historical NotesWestinghouse eight-track stereo with eight-track 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 institution
Pittsburgh Antique Radio Society
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C. and E. Marshall Company