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Posted by Maurice Leakey (Member # 916) on April 24, 2008, 03:52 AM:
Have a look at this promo for the 16mm RCA from 1957.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WUUqXN-8nw
Posted by Kevin Faulkner (Member # 6) on April 25, 2008, 06:14 AM:
They don't make them like that anymore.
I have to say that once I finished watching that one I sat and watched loads of the others including the Elmo stereo demo film which was shipped with the GS machines.
Some good projector vids on Youtube.
Kev.
Posted by Jeff Taylor (Member # 442) on May 29, 2008, 04:05 PM:
That RCA with the reversing action was a rare bird. I probably owned 20 or so 400's, and went through a school system that used dozens of them and NEVER ran across that reversing model.
Posted by Michael O'Regan (Member # 938) on May 30, 2008, 02:07 AM:
Theres an old beast of a RCA projector on Ebay at the moment if anybody is so inclined:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=260244728802&Category=1 1722&_trksid=p3907.m29
You don't see many of these around these days.
-Mike
Posted by Jeff Taylor (Member # 442) on May 30, 2008, 01:40 PM:
They are bulletproof, very easy to work on, easy to thread, gentle on film, and quiet running, but stay away from the downsized "junior" model with a line voltage amp--get the senior model with the 6V6 amp if you decide to try one.
Posted by John Whittle (Member # 22) on May 30, 2008, 06:27 PM:
There is also a coupling cap in the preamp stage that opens and you loose most of the volume from the amp. An easy fix and restores full volume. The Senior amp is actually a very good RCA design.
The very rare RCA Magnetic/optical projector also ran in reverse. It was a bit of a trick with a two sprocket machine since you have to drive the flywheel when running backwards (much like the Kodak Pagents that had reverse).
John
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