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| From | Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Moving portables while running. |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| References | <dorayme-99B37F.14263825032012@news.albasani.net> <HelpfulHarry-2503121718070001@203-118-187-91.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz> <jknajp$c6a$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com> <jknl20$7rg$2@dont-email.me> |
| Organization | PostgreSQL and SQLite |
| Date | 2012-03-25 20:01 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <c43449-8571.ln1@news.sture.ch> (permalink) |
On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 13:36:00 -0400, Wes Groleau wrote: > On 03-25-2012 10:37, Bruce Esquibel wrote: >> Helpful Harry<HelpfulHarry@busyworking.com> wrote: >>> A vinyl record on a turntable replies on gravity to keep the needle in >>> physical contact with the record. >> >> But that doesn't mean all turntables did. Mitsubishi made one called >> the LT-5V that played records vertical. > > Many old jukeboxes stored the records vertically and did not turn them > before playing. A spring tuned to provided the same pressure that > gravity would provided the other way is trivial to build. At one time I had a computer with a vertically mounted CD drive. I was always nervous about the CDs dropping out and getting scrunched as the tray slid in. No damaged CDs fortunately, but it wasn't a very robust arrangement. -- Paul Sture
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Moving portables while running. dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-25 14:26 +1100
Re: Moving portables while running. HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-03-25 17:18 +1200
Re: Moving portables while running. dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-25 21:59 +1100
Re: Moving portables while running. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-25 13:32 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. dorayme <dorayme@optusnet.com.au> - 2012-03-26 09:38 +1100
Re: Moving portables while running. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-25 19:07 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> - 2012-03-25 14:37 +0000
Re: Moving portables while running. George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2012-03-25 10:02 -0500
Re: Moving portables while running. Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2012-03-25 10:20 -0700
Re: Moving portables while running. Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-25 18:33 +0200
Re: Moving portables while running. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-25 13:36 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-25 20:01 +0200
Re: Moving portables while running. Don Bruder <dakidd@sonic.net> - 2012-03-25 14:06 -0700
Re: Moving portables while running. Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-26 10:48 +0200
Re: Moving portables while running. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-25 00:44 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2012-03-25 00:51 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-24 22:22 -0700
Re: Moving portables while running. HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-03-25 19:09 +1200
Re: Moving portables while running. Michelle Steiner <michelle@michelle.org> - 2012-03-24 23:34 -0700
Re: Moving portables while running. Wes Groleau <Groleau+news@FreeShell.org> - 2012-03-25 13:28 -0400
Re: Moving portables while running. Paul Sture <paul@sture.ch> - 2012-03-25 19:56 +0200
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