Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!harvard!wjh12!genrad!decvax!cca!ima!inmet!lutton From: lutton@inmet.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Re: Vinyl vs. CD recordings Message-ID: <1676@inmet.UUCP> Date: Tue, 25-Sep-84 00:40:31 EDT Article-I.D.: inmet.1676 Posted: Tue Sep 25 00:40:31 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Sep-84 05:43:41 EDT Lines: 9 Nf-ID: #R:vaxwaller:-16600:inmet:2600101:000:427 Nf-From: inmet!lutton Sep 23 23:00:00 1984 <> Didn't RCA come out with a record-player about 1948 that used an electric-eye mechanism instead of a needle? According to an ad I've got here, the record changer was called "Magic Brain" and featured a "Jewel-Lite Scanner" -- "Entirely eliminates use of needles." "Magic Tone Cell -- No Needles to Change -- Records Last Indefinitely." Does anyone remember this or know how it worked? It must have been a total failure.