[BC] BC] Cart machines

[Tom Spencer]

Which one was the multi-tray deck that was similar to the Instacart, but 
on its side? IIRC, it was made by or for SonoMag (SMC) of Carousel fame 
(or infamy).  I have six Carousel 252s, BTW - and they seem to still be 
functional last time I powered the old Gates / ATC  APC-10 automation 
system up.  Five of them are connected to an RA-5 controller - with the 
25-position slide switches (which also still worked last time I checked).

If I had a choice of Carousels, though, I think I'd want the 450, 
because it had the bi-directional drum.  The old 250 series I believe 
used germanium transistors, which may be why the sixth deck keeps 
wanting to miss cues (yes, the head is clean and aligned correctly).

Lane Lindstrom wrote:

>  Now a real interesting contraption was the
> Audiofile made by Schaefer. It was a mini ATC 55 with a cable elevator. 3
> moving decks with several trays per unit.
> Hope this is not too off topic.

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Tom S