The "carts" were 4 track tapes. it was a popular radio station automation system back in the old days. The first radio station i engineered at used them and i was QUICK to convert them to a computer based automation system way ahead of most other stations.
On 12/8/2015 8:56 PM, Josh Dersch 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 > -- The contents of this e-mail and any attachments are intended solely for the use of the named addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized use, copying, disclosure, or distribution of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited by the sender and may be unlawful. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail.
