Monitor

Object Name:

Monitor

Object ID:

2003.003.03

Creator:

Amdek CorporationManufacturer

Place of Origin:

Taiwan

Date:

1983

Description:

Computer monitor. Amdek 12-inch video monitor, model 310A. Light khaki plastic body with grayish-brown plastic front, glass screen and black plastic knobs. cube-like shape with recessed base. Seam along sides and across top show three-piece construction, front, back and bottom. Back piece is approximately twice as deep as front. Top of front piece slopes down toward front edge and top of back piece slopes down toward back edge. Center portion of top lower with recessed handle and two black metal screws that attach front to back. Front screen recessed 1 inch. White lettering upper right corner: "AMDEK / VIDEO-310A" with small glass-covered light adjacent. Two knobs lower right corner, top on labelled "PULL-ON / BRIGHT", bottom labelled "CONTRAST", both in white lettering. Back has rows of vertical ventilation slots along top. Two metal screws on top and bottom of rectangular plate with molded raised letters "VIDEO IN" and black rubber cord with nine-prong metal socket at end. Rectangular 6.5 x 5 inch extension in center of back has paper labels with manufacturing and electrical information. Molded raised lettering in slightly recessed square on right side of back has caution and warning about electrical shock. Identical square below has paper label with manufacturing information. L-shaped brackets extend from left and right sides of back near bottom to hold power cord. Also near bottom: recessed rectangular area with four circular holes, two with black plastic knobs, molded raised lettering: "V-HOLD V-LIN V-SIZE H-HOLD". Black rubber power cord extends from bottom through bottom left corner of back. Cord has black plastic end with two flat metal prongs. Bottom has many ventilation slots, raised linear feet, six screws and a paper label with manufacturing information.

Material:

Plastic
Metal
Composition
Glass
Paper
Rubber

Dimensions:

H-11.5 W-14.25 D-14 inches

Provenance:

Used by donors at their home in Manchester, NH, from 1984 until it stopped working in 1999 or 2000.

Credit Line:

Gift of William E. and June M. Vander Haegen

People:

Vander Haegen, William, Vander Haegen, June