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Ken Zin's name comes up from time to time. <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I had a lengthy chat with him last month in connection with Merlin Engineering Works.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>He lives in Paradise, CA, about 30 miles north-east of me, and about 15 miles east of Chico.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>At that time, Ken was commuting to San Jose and the NASA Ames site at Moffett Field. Well, actually, a closed McDonalds restaurant on the property.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Click here</div><div><a href="http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/image_collection_from_a_garage.html">http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/image_collection_from_a_garage.html</a></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>to find out what he was doing to help recover high resolution photos from the 1966 Lunar Orbiter tapes... recorded on Ampex FR-900 analog recorders.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If anyone on the list knows more about the FR-900—which looks like it uses transverse scanning—Dennis Wingo of the project is looking for more information.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>I have contact info and can pass yours on.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted</div><div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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