On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 07:09:51AM -0800, Len Ovens wrote: > The joke was they were good for putting in light bulbs... someone > could stand on top with a light bulb to the socket and turn the motor on > to screw it in. Except that it would turn the wrong way... When I was in broadcasting the turntables were EMT. They had a slip coupling between the main (heavy) platter and the actual (light) one supporting the disk. So with the motor turning you could stop / cue the disk by holding one finger to the rim of the upper platter. When released it would start 'instantly'... Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
