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<DIV>Since several of you have said that this is the first time you've known of
the Octaplex recorders, I thought I'd pass along info on one more really strange
machine that takes this whole idea to even more bizarre levels!</DIV>
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<DIV>I do not know the model number of this machine, but RCA made an airborne
machine and a matching ground machine. The transport was the same in both
cases. This machine used DOUBLE SIDED TAPE. There were TWO octaplex
headwheels on the transport. First the tape was recorded (dual channels)
in one direction, then the tape was REVERSED, and the other side of the tape was
recorded by the second headwheel (again two channels). Running time in
each direction was 25 minutes, so you got 50 minutes of dual channel recording
on double-sided tape! </DIV>
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<DIV>Don Norwood<BR>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<BR><A
href="http://www.digitrakcom.com">www.digitrakcom.com</A></DIV>
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