Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site crystal.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!crystal!bill From: bill@crystal.UUCP Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Why speed "16" exists on turntables Message-ID: <360@crystal.UUCP> Date: Mon, 1-Oct-84 11:39:29 EDT Article-I.D.: crystal.360 Posted: Mon Oct 1 11:39:29 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 2-Oct-84 07:26:34 EDT References:, <1323@sdcrdcf.UUCP> <287@tymix.UUCP> Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 19 > 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 The 16-2/3 records were being superceded by around 1966 or 1968; my wife's grandfather was blind, and got NEWSWEEK on records.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). -- William Cox Computer Sciences Department University of Wisconsin, Madison WI bill@uwisc ...{ihnp4,seismo,allegra}!uwvax!bill