<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">At Wayne State University TV we had Riker DA's and pulse gens, and, the switcher in our remote package was a Riker, in a roll around short rack. The switcher indeed had nice pretty lights, a light-colored panel, and the modules were dark blue, not silver or dark umber grey, adding a colorful accent to the equipment racks.<div><br></div><div>Riker modules at the Detroit Public Schools facility:</div><div><a href="http://flic.kr/p/dXL84a">http://flic.kr/p/dXL84a</a></div><div><a href="http://flic.kr/p/dXL7Wp">http://flic.kr/p/dXL7Wp</a></div><div><br><div><div>I also remember that Charlie Riker himself visited our facility at WSU to see our installation.<div><div>The "keeping it On-Topic" part- RCA TR-5 was our remote record VTR. You know, because it had wheels.</div><div><br></div><div>Chuck Reti</div><div>Detroit MI</div><div>WV8A</div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Oct 21, 2013, at 9:42 AM, Pat McGowan <<a href="mailto:pmcgowan@ncpvideo.com">pmcgowan@ncpvideo.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><style type="text/css">p { margin: 0; }</style><div><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; ">Remember the question from years ago: "What's the difference between a Riker switcher and a knife switch?"<br><br>Answer was that the Riker had nice pretty lights!<br><br></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>