Re: Moving portables while running.

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> <jko1b6$3hv$2@dont-email.me>
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Date	2012-03-26 10:48 +0200
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On Sun, 25 Mar 2012 14:06:10 -0700, Don Bruder wrote:

> In article <jknajp$c6a$1@remote5bge0.ripco.com>,
>  Bruce Esquibel <bje@ripco.com> 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.
> 
> I never knew the brand name, but a buddy of mine had a turntable (a
> commercial unit, not home-brewed) that would play *BOTH SIDES* of an
> album without intervention - The "tone arm" was a straight bar that rode
> in a straight groove at the back of the unit. Put the album on, place
> the tone-arm on the top of the record, and listen. When it hit the end
> of the side, the tone arm would lift, come back across the top surface,
> vanish below the album, and then the album would stop spinning,  reverse
> its rotation, and the "bottom" side of the album would start to play.
> 
> Utterly bizarre to watch it in operation!

Back in the days when the BBC used vinyl for the classical radio channel 
they would have duplicate copies of works split across 2 turntables so 
that they could have the next side in sequence ready to go when the 
previous side finished.

-- 
Paul Sture

Thread

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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