A museum of 20th century
technology
Every so often we will display something from the collection.
Here is the gadget that surprised people who owned black and white TVs in Los Angeles on July 25, 1967. A soft drink ad appeared on the screen, and it was in COLOR!
In spite of the televisions only being capable of displaying black and white, this ad appeared in color.
The creator of the Color Translator, Jim Butterfield, had many other tricks up his sleeve, mostly in the 3D world.
Popular Electronics magazine ran an article about this process in October 1968.
The serial number on it is 001.
The latest addition to the museum is a Videola V-1000 Film-to-Tape Transfer System. It can transfer 16 mm and 35 mm to video without rolling scan bars.
After a bit of confusion on setting it up (no manual) and replacing the lamp, we have managed to get a reasonable playback of a 1970s NASA film.
It plays back optical and magnetic sound.
Film speed can be precisely controlled, either forward or back as well as still.
This amplifier was the main amp at the Masonic Lodge in Westwood, CA.
When The Westwood Playhouse (now the Geffen Playhouse) was created inside the old building (May 1975), the amp was removed and stored.
It will become one of the first restortion projects for Technopolis. We think it might be from the early 1950s. Needs more research.
Tech:
64 inch tall relay rack
14 tubes
Mono amplifier
Sony Mavica MVC-FD73 2-27-22
Color Translator 12-12-21
Videola Overview 11-23-18
Threading
RCA amplifier 10-3-18
