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

[AEF]

On Jan 22, 7:16 pm, billg... at cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
> In article <28336ade-bded-42da-b2d9-d92878a72... at q6g2000vbi.googlegroups.com>,
>         AEF <spamsink2... 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
>
> --
> 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>  

Just had a chocolate chip cookie moment. (I limit myself to one when I
do.)

Yeah, I know -- this ain't twitter.

AEF