Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1.chuqui 4/7/84; site voder.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!nsc!voder!gino From: gino@voder.UUCP (Gino Bloch) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: record speeds Message-ID: <386@voder.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Sep-84 14:24:46 EDT Article-I.D.: voder.386 Posted: Wed Sep 26 14:24:46 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 05:43:17 EDT References: <591@clyde.UUCP> <219@iham1.UUCP> Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara Lines: 13 >>The first recordings and use of flat records (rather than drums) came from a >>series of experiments performed by Bell Laboratories in the 1930's. >>I don't know why specifically 78 rpms was selected. Perhaps >>it was related to the availability of electric drive motors which were >>inexpensive at that time. Apparently you've never seen 1920's wind-up 78-RPM flat disk players such as my grandparents owned. I've played many shellac flat 78's from the 20's (the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo had a great collection when I was in high school). -- Gene E. Bloch (...!nsc!voder!gino)