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<DIV>Hi Ted:</DIV>
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<DIV>I have scans of the FR-900 literature, spec sheets and some FEB's that I
supplied to Dennis and Ken when they started this project. If anyone on
the list is interested, I can send them copies. The files are about 20
meg.</DIV>
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<DIV>The machine is a transverse scan, although the head assembly is physically
different from the standard Ampex quad panels. There was also a
two-channel version which had 8 heads instead of four. All-in-all, a
fascinating beast!</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV>
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<A title=ted@quadvideotapegroup.com
href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted Langdell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 20, 2008 11:38
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [QuadList] Quad engineer Ken Zin
helps recover Moon orbiter tapes</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Ken Zin's name comes up from time to time.
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<DIV>I had a lengthy chat with him last month in connection with Merlin
Engineering Works.</DIV>
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<DIV>He lives in Paradise, CA, about 30 miles north-east of me, and about 15
miles east of Chico.</DIV>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<DIV>I have contact info and can pass yours on.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ted</DIV>
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