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Yes, they were truly remarkable machines. I worked a pair at KCOP in 1977. Maintained them too. I acquired two ACR-25A's complete, and one 25B 15 years or so later. The 25B we stripped (it was a parts machine). The 25A's are in storage, awaiting that day. They've been there since about 1993. I have pictures of their removal. About a year later, I acquired two other 25A's in the Midwest. We stripped those for parts. Pictures also.<BR>
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The carousel was an amazing bit of engineering, as was the vacuum column that facilitated the very fast threading/unthreading of the transport. And, the ACR was engineered to be able to play 10 second spots back to back-something the TCR could not do. The cassettes could hold as much as 6 minutes of tape. Hence, they were used in the early days of MTV, who had stereoized versions. The TCR could only handle 3 minute loads. <BR>
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WFAA in Dallas/Fort Worth uploaded all of their ENG material to a dedicated ACR-25 for their newscasts. Since the director switched his own show, and the ACR was basically a zero pre-roll device, it made for a very tight newscast!<BR>
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