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From: bill@crystal.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Why speed "16" exists on turntables
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Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 11:39:29 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct  1 11:39:29 1984
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> According to several friends of mine from college who happen to be
> legally blind, "talking books" are sometimes put out on records at
> 16rpm, since high fidelity sound is low priority and having a greater
> amount of data on the record IS.  These records are becoming less
> common due to the advent of the cassette recorder.  Nowadays most
> "talking books" are distributed on cassettes which have four tracks...

The 16-2/3 records were being superceded by around 1966 or 1968; my wife's
grandfather was blind, and got NEWSWEEK on records.  The speed was, I believe,
8-1/3 RPM, and needed a special turntable.  Our local (Madison Wisconsin)
public library used to load mechanical adapters that gave the 8 rpm speed
from any 33rpm turntable (reduction gear driven by the regular turntable).

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	William Cox
	Computer Sciences Department
	University of Wisconsin, Madison WI
	bill@uwisc
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