Subj : 'Guilty pleasures'
To   : Gary Gilmore
From : Rich Lockyer
Date : Thu Sep 28 2000 12:28 am

Gary Gilmore wrote in a message to Rich Lockyer:

 RL> Man has not walked on the moon during the life of the 
 RL> owner of my company (he inherited it last April).

 GG> My daughter (12) saw some 33rpm albums about 6 months ago, and
 GG> asked my wife and I what they were.  Man, did I feel old.  She
 GG> wondered how you play them, so we had to explain it.  She was
 GG> amazed.

I'm waiting for someone to jump in here and say "We walked on the moon?"

Closer to topic, remember the Accutrak turntables?  They came out about 2 or 
three years before CDs hit the market and featured basic CD-like programming 
for LPs.  Never had one, saw a few in stores.  It was like a "Close-N-Play" 
with the arm built into the lid and programming keys on the front.  I don't 
know how it sensed the track boundaries (it'd be easy with today's optics), but 
you could play individual tracks, re-order the entire side, or re-play 
individual tracks or selection groups.

Sounded pretty swift in 1979.


  
C-ya!  Rich
   
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