opps, that was supposed to be off list....sorry.
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 9:56 PM, Josh Dersch <dersc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all -- > > I have recently acquired a PDP-8/m system that was used to drive a radio > automation rig (very very similar to this: > http://www.bowkera.com/kcbs1.htm > ). > > My understanding is that this system hooked to banks of what were > essentially 8-track tape drives, each of which held a short loop of tape > (containing a song, an ad, call info, etc.) and the 8/m was programmed with > a playlist of sorts so that even in the early 70s you didn't need to have a > real DJ on premises to run a radio station. (I had no idea this sort of > thing went back that far!) > > This one was used at KRDU (Fresno's Christian Radio). At any rate, it's > neat hardware. All I have is the 8/m, a custom front panel (as seen in the > pictures on the site I linked above) and a bank of Omnibus backplanes > holding cards that would drive the tapes and mix audio. > > I really have no use for the tape-control / audio mixing hardware since I > don't have the tapes and I'm not *really* planning on running an automated > radio station out of my basement (though it does sound fun). I'm not about > to scrap the stuff (it's at least useful for parts) but I thought I'd see > if anyone out there could actually make use of it for its intended purpose. > > - Josh >
