[BC] AP 10 Bells Survery

[Bruce Potterton]

Yes, UPI used bells.  I designed a bell decoder so that when more than 4
bells fired it would light a light in control room studio.  The Extell
printer was down stairs.

Bruce Potterton
KSGN 

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Subject: Re: [BC] AP 10 Bells Survery

It's been so long ago, I can't remember which our service was.  But it
had bells... and the 'thunk thunk' part came about as the carriage had
been back and forth so many times that all the bushings, etc. were worn
out... hence the 'thunk thunk' noise - especially notable during short
sentences...

    The 2x4's in the walls would carry the racket all over the building.

sounded pretty bad in production rooms... with Hphones on, it sounded
like you were working in a construction zone...

Jason
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Subject: Re: [BC] AP 10 Bells Survery


> ------ At 06:22 PM 6/21/2006, JYRussell at academicplanet.com wrote: 
> -------
>
>>And how much of your hearing went with it .. 
>>ding-ding-clatter-clatter-ding thunk-ding ding...
>
> I distinctly remember our UPI machine using bells. Have I spent too 
> much time in a belfry or did UPI use bells in addition to the text 
> alerts? Text alerts alone would seem a waste in the event of serious
warnings.
>
> Rich
>
>
> Rich Wood
> Rich Wood Multimedia
> Phone: 413-454-3258


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