[Info-vax] IE8 got me too :-( Sorry Jeff.

[Bill Gunshannon]

In article <28336ade-bded-42da-b2d9-d92878a72469 at q6g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
	AEF <spamsink2001 at yahoo.com> writes:
> On Jan 22, 9:43 am, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>> In article <paulranderson-1A2058.08064022012... at news.charter.net>,
>>         Paul Anderson <paulrander... at charter.net> writes:
>>
>> > In article
>> > <8862fd48-95fa-420d-b448-6413f275c... at k17g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
>> >  Alan Feldman <alanfeldma... at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >> 16.5? Really? I thought it was 16. I've seen 33s, 45s, and even a 78,
>> >> but never a 16(.5?).
>>
>> > Actually, the speeds were 16 2/3, 33 1/3, 45 and 78.26086957.  
>>
>> Yeah, that's probably more accurate than mine.  I claim senior moment.
>>
>> > Apparently, there was no exact standard for "78" and I always assumed
>> > until looking into it today that 78 was the exact RPM.
>>
>> Considering the speed regulation :-) of the machines that played them,
>> what would you expect?  (Yes, I still have a windup Victrola that
>> actually works, but I wouldn't subject any of my collection to actually
>> being played on the beast!)
>>
>>
>>
>> > 33 1/3 was chosen exactly, and 16 5/6 was half of that, used for longer
>> > symphonic pieces that could then fit uninterrupted on one side.  The
>> > sound quality suffered, but today's listeners to MP3 files probably
>> > wouldn't notice.  ;-)
>>
>> I never saw music on them other than jingles.  My brother has about a
>> half-dozen of them that contain commercials for the Hudson Motor Car. :-)
>> (we were a Hudson family.  Over time we had in our house two Hornets,
>> two Wasps, a Commodore and my First car was a Hudson Super Jet with
>> a flat head 6 with high compression aluminum head.   :-)  Sadly I went
>> in the Army and had to give it up before having the chance to get the
>> fuel injection kit from Clifford Engineering in CA who ran the Hudson
>> Racing Team.)
>>
>> bill
>>
>> --
>> Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
>> billg... at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
>> University of Scranton   |
>> Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>  
> Talk about a tangent!
> No problemo.
> AEF  &-)

Yeah, but sometimes it's fun to just wander down memory lane to a time
before all this even mattered.  Or is that just another senior moment.
(can you tell that I am really beginning to look forward to retirement!)

bill

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Bill Gunshannon          |  de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n.  Three wolves
billg999 at cs.scranton.edu |  and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.
University of Scranton   |
Scranton, Pennsylvania   |         #include <std.disclaimer.h>