[BC] XETRA revisited

[Douglas Schleutker]

>So you're the one who saddled us with those spotters! It was a Schafer 800 
>thumbwheel system with 4 Ampex 350's for music and 2 350's configured as 
>spotters (light sensing through clear sections on the tape) to locate and 
>cue spots. Dangerous machines when the reels flew off as they rocked back 
>and forth to count the number of clear spots to find a programmed spot on 
>the reel.

>Rich
>
Ahhhhhh, Rich I remember the spotters well!
I had them at McLendon's WWWW in Detroit in the late 60's when we also ran the "KABL" format.  Remember the tape getting out of synch because someone bumped a photo cell with a Q-tip while cleaning heads???

Douglas E. Schleutker 
doug at schleutker.net