[BC] a new whatzit

[Rockwell Smith]

I'm pretty familiar with the WE 25B --  That's the model I revived and 
installed as a production console in the 70's at a station in Ontario, 
Oregon.

http://engineer-exchange.com/images/WE%20.jpg

For more info on the pic go to

http://engineer-exchange.com/page3.php

The one in the whatzit pic I have not seen before.



----- Original Message ----- 

> At 10:57 AM 7/6/2006, Rich Wood wrote
>>------ At 11:55 AM 7/6/2006, Chuck Leavens wrote: -------
>>
>>>>I'm sure it's a Western Electric. I used a slightly different version at 
>>>>WACE, Chicopee/Springfield, MA in High School. I still know the 
>>>>engineer. I'll ask if he remembers the model.
>>
>>I received an answer from the Chief Engineer of WACE at the time. The 
>>console we used was the WE 25B "Speech Input System". The console itself 
>>was called a 40A, but the whole system with its desk and power supply was 
>>called the 25B. We also used the RCA turntables that could have powered 
>>merry-go-rounds they were so powerful.
>
>         http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/WE25B.jpg
>
>