<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>Hi, Ed and all...</div><div><br></div><div>Cart machine Identified, cart history links</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Don Norwood wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7" bgcolor="#ffffff"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Ed:</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">All pretty easily identifiable stuff except for the cart machine. I don't remember one that looks like what's in your picture.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> </font></div></div></blockquote></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><img height="442" width="781" src="cid:23D814B2-187A-43EB-84F3-571D6548020D@earthlink.net"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Looks to me like a Broadcast Electronics machine, and a little Googling seems to confirm that: </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Barry Mishkind's website: <a href="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/carts.htm">http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/carts.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Has this listed as a BE Spotmaster 10-70.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/Carts/BE-10-70.jpg">http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/Carts/BE-10-70.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div><img style="-webkit-user-select: none" height="385" width="604" src="cid:29810720-042E-4B67-81EB-F56FEC8056E1@earthlink.net"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>BE is still in business, celebrating 50 years in 2009, located in Quincy, IL... a hotbed for cart machines and other radio innovations.</div><div><a href="http://www.bdcast.com/about-us/">http://www.bdcast.com/about-us/</a></div><div><br></div><div>They may have manuals for this machine, although not on-line. </div><div><br></div><div>Gates was in Quincy and introduced several spot players. ITC (International Tapetronics) as well. Highly regarded, especially its Delta line that capped the Cart era.</div><div><br></div><div>In the waning days of carts—early to mid 90's—I was teaching a ROP Radio-TV class and was busy acquiring equipment from various sources in the Sacramento area. </div><div><br></div><div>The Sacramento Army Depot was home to Army, US Navy and IIRC, Coast Guard media facilities. I picked up a pair of lightly used (if used at all) Delta cart machines for $25 each when the Depot was closed during a round of Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) proceedings. They had all kinds of stuff. Some in pretty good shape.</div><div><br></div><div>Here's a history of some brands of Cart Machines:</div><div><a href="http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/carts.htm">http://www.jimprice.com/prosound/carts.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Notably DOESN'T mention Sparta Electronics... which also made consoles, transmitters under the Sparta and also Bauer and for a time owned Jampro antennas. </div><div><br></div><div>Harold Hallikainen has more here (and does mention Sparta)</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://louise.hallikainen.org/BroadcastHistory/index.php/Tape%20Cartridge%20History">http://louise.hallikainen.org/BroadcastHistory/index.php/Tape%20Cartridge%20History</a></div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Ted Langdell</div><div>Secretary</div><div>Skype: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>TedLangdell</div><div>e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></div></span> </div><br></body></html>