Hello all!
We hope you had a lovely spring break!
There are no events coming up this or next week, but we will be having a movie screening on April 3rd. You can expect to hear more details about the screening in next week’s newsletter issue.
In the meantime, our open-lab hours have returned to what they were prior to spring break. You can reference these hours at the bottom of this newsletter or by visiting our website.
Demo of the Week
The demo of the week is Spider Solitaire on the Dell PC!
Stop by the lab to experience a nostalgic classic using a computer running Windows XP!
Object of the Week
The object of the week is the Sony Micro TV Model 5-303W!
This TV, released in 1962 in the U.S., is a lot smaller than it seems. Its antenna is able to pick up VHF television signals; you can use the handle near the top of the antenna to move and adjust it towards the direction with the clearest signal reception. Our model also came with a fairly swanky carrying case, although this is not pictured in the above photo.
Fascinatingly, our model also included the forms, receipt, and packaged documents from when it was initially purchased!
The U.K. based Science Museum Group has a silver edition of our model available in their collection, so if you would like to learn more about it, you can check out this linked page from their website to learn a little more about it.
Lab Hours and Room Number
We are located in ATEC 1.705, right next to ATEC’s welcome center. Our open lab hours are:
Monday: 1:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Tuesday: 12:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Wednesday: 1:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.
Thursday: 12:00p.m. – 4:00p.m.
Friday: 1:00p.m. – 8:00p.m.
Thank you for reading our newsletter! We hope to see you soon and wish you a stress-free week.
Sincerely,
The Media Archeology Lab
The University of Texas at Dallas
