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Originally Posted by Dave A
Not posted are the rear connectors, all BNC for video and 1/4" for audio. A one off power connector. Audio and video out. Ch 3 rf output. Audio and video loop through for narration during playback and a camera when the deck is stopped. As it was designed in Europe it was a PAL format to begin with which gave 30 minutes playback. Moving to NTSC and Moto, it dropped to 25 minutes. Not sure if all the units were made by Moto. That would have been two formats to support. The film was an Ilford stock that was used for microfiche in the day. Very fine resolution and non-silver. All the masters and film production went through the Ilford plant in England and made for a supply chain nightmare.
Guessing the history, it is a collaboration of European chemical companies and Illford to sell more film. Let's make a video film player. CBS and Goldmark jumped in for North America. The film platters are very 45rpm size. Goldmark strikes again.
6 - The film path and both PMT's. Very simple auto load path.
7 - The light shroud off showing the CRT and lenses.
8 - Both lenses for A and B with brass knurled focus knobs nearby.
9 - Color and BW reels. Ridged leader showing for auto thread grabber.
More as I figure it out. Enjoy.
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Goldmark was involved with the LP introduced in 1948 by Columbia...the 45 was introduced in 1949 by RCA and Goldmark was not on the team....The 2 formats were briefly in a rivalry till the makers realized the singles and album markets were different and they were better served coexisting.