Television
c. 1980
C7 Betamax made by Sony from 1980.The Sony C7 was introduced in early 1980 and offered features that had never been seen before on home video recorders such as picture search, slow motion, and an end-of-tape alarm. Serial No. 33355578; Model No. SL-C7UB
c.1980
Tube Cube television, made by Pye Ltd, Cambridge, c.1980.
Radiomedicine
1980
One of five 'Jedi helmets,' silver inner helmet, used with Cryogenic Magnetic Resonance Imaging Machine and associated computing equipment by Data General, United States,1980.
Microscopes
1985
The first Atomic Force Microscope, built by Calvin F. Quate, Gerd Binnig and Chistoph Gerber, United States, 1985.
Computing & Data Processing
1979
Mattel Intellivision games console with mains adaptor and six game cartridges (Armor Battle, Auto Racing, Golf, NASL Soccer, Sea Battle) each with instruction booklets, 1979. Console Serial No 100519.
Sound Reproduction
1982-1984
Portable radio cassette player made by the Sharp Corporation, Japan, 1983.
Telecommunications
Transportable mobile telephone, made by Vodafone Limited, England, 1985
Therapeutics
Diorama of a First World War dressing station
1983
Mallard system Magnetic Resonance Imager (MRI) body scanner by M&D Technology, Aberdeen, installed at St Bartholomew's Hospital in 1983 and 1994-492 used clinically until 1993. One of three commercially-produced second-generation MRI machines manufactured by this company in Britain.
Intel 386 processor, made by the Intel Corporation, United States, 1985
Gold plated BBC Micro computer with two 1-megabyte disc drives and keyboard, made by Acorn Computers Limited, Cambridge, England,1985. From 'The Micro User' competition.
IBM model 5150 System Unit with integral twin 5 1/4 inch disk drives, made by IBM, Greenock, Scotland, 1983. 64K memory, single-sided double density 5 1/4 40 tpi 106K drives
Cinematography
System 2000 video recorder made by Grundig, Federal Republic of Germany, c.1980
Art
Joy Division ‘Unknown Pleasures’ LP. 1979. Cover features drawing of 100 consecutive pulses from the first pulsar discovered, CP1919 (now known as PSR1919+21).
c.1981
Flip-phone, made by Ferranti GTE Ltd, c.1981.
1982-1985
Spectrum microcomputer with 48K RAM , serial number 148-455954, manufactured by Sinclair Research Limited, assembled in Portugal, 1982-1985
1982
Two-tone green Trimphone with dial (tele 8772G), also known as a Phoenixphone, from the Snowdon Collection, manufactured for British Telecom, British, 1982
Green screen monochrome monitor Model 5151-02, made by IBM USA, Taiwan, 1983. Serial number 5500156
System X circuit board from digital switching subsystem, probably made by Plessey Company Limited, Liverpool, England, 1980.
Orthopaedics
Jaipur artificial foot, for Symes amputee, made in India, 1982
c1985
Replica of Bell's transmitter/receiver of 1875.
Radio Communication
Ferguson television receiver, 20", black-and-white, 625-line, hybrid valve/transistor, Model 3821, manufactured 1979
Materia Medica & Pharmacology
1981-1985
Neocon 1/35 oral contraceptive pills 3 blister pack, with cardboard carton and instructions, by Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom, 1981-1985
1982-1983
Printed circuit board for a Viscount 9501R telephone, made by Standard Telephones and Cables for the British Post Office, British, 1982-1983
1980-1983
CB antenna tuner 100TU27 from `Oscar One' 27 MHz f.m. CB mobile/base radio transceiver, manufactured by South Midlands Communications Limited, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1980-1983
1984
Organiser 1 electronic organiser/calculator, made by Psion, British, 1984
Audiology
1981
Oticon I II V intra aural hearing aid, by Oticon, Denmark, 1981
Locomotives and Rolling Stock
Steam locomotive and tender, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, replica, "Rocket" 0-2-2, designed by Robert Stephenson, built 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials.
CB mobile antenna Oscar 11SE from `Oscar One' 27 MHz f.m. CB mobile/base radio transceiver, manufactured by South Midlands Communications Limited, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1980-1983
NorthStar Horizon computer, made by North Star Computers, Berkeley, California, United States, 1979.
Ericofon Model 600 Type SR1007B telephone, made by Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson, Sweden, c.1980.
Textile Industry
Sample of Monastral fast blue BS dye, made by ICI, Manchester, c.1980.
Obstetrics, Gynaecology & Contraception
One Dumas cervical cap, in black box, from a collection of twelve cervical caps made by Lamberts (Dalston) Ltd., Queensbridge Road, London, E8, England, 1981.
Nuclear Physics
Cobalt-60 source, cut away model, non-radioactive, by Amersham International, Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire, England, 1975-1985
MATLAB Version 1.0 Manual, made by MathWorks, United Kingdom, 1984.
Gas Industry
'Intelligent pig' on-line inspection vehicle, made by OLIC, Cramlington, 1981.
`Oscar One' 27 MHz f.m. CB mobile/base radio transceiver, CB27/81, manufactured by South Midlands Communications Limited, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1980-1983
BT Ambassador 8100R telephone, probably made by Pye TMC, Airdrie, Scotland, 1981
Battery for transportable mobile telephone, made by Vodafone Limited, England, 1985
Environmental Science & Technology
Ceramic catalyst convertor matrix removed from exhaust system of a (C-registered) 1982-83 Toyota Carina motor car that had travelled 50,000 miles, unsigned, 1982-1983. The matrix was removed for testing in 1986.
Road Transport
Sinclair C5 electric vehicle, made by Sinclair Vehicles Ltd and Hoover plc, c.1985.
"Cheetah" 87C/32K Telex Machine, based on STC 3000 unit Serial No. 68754, made by British Telecom, British, 1984. Complete with battery, two mains leads, textile cover, spare roll and documentation, 1984
'Astrofon' telephone, 1981, specially finished and inscribed to mark the inauguration of British Telecommunications on 1 October 1981, made by Thorn-Ericsson, Scunthorpe, England, 1981
Public Health & Hygiene
Vial containing dried smallpox vaccine. Label reads: 'Single dose / Not to be injected, Dried Smallpox Vaccine...' Part of a packet of dried smallpox vaccine B.P. (Ovine), by Swiss Serum and Vaccine Institute for Department of Health and Social Security, (DHSS), 1980
'Prepurex' pregnancy test kit (multiple tests) with immunological reagents, pippettes, sampling tubes, mixing plate and instructions, by Wellcome Reagents, Beckenham, England, c.1980
Box containing "Clearblue" pregnancy test including instruction leaflet, by Unipath Ltd., Bedford, England, 1985
CB low-pass filter 100LP30 from `Oscar One' 27 MHz f.m. CB mobile/base radio transceiver, manufactured by South Midlands Communications Limited, Eastleigh, Hampshire, England, 1980-1983
1979-1985
Trimphone with green leather cover, Tele SR 1016A S.T.C 79/1, made by Standard Telephones and Cables, British, 1979-1985
Alcatel Minitel communications terminal, made by Alcatel Business Systems, France, 1983. Communications terminal distributed by the French Telecom system as part of their attempt at an internet, 1983.
IBM model 515X-55-07714 keyboard, made by IBM, British, 1983.
