Otari MX5050 speed control

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Anybody know if the speed is mains frequency or servo-controlled ?

geoff

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In article <mn.9b397d53aac9de69.28030@wanadoo.fr> ++951357@wanadoo.fr++ writes:

> Il se trouve que Geoff Wood a formulé :
> > Anybody know if the speed is mains frequency or servo-controlled ?

> This Otari service manual is available for free on :
> http://classes.berklee.edu/mpe/pdf_files/manuals_pdf/

So why didn't you get a copy, look up the capstain speed control, and
answer his question? Do you expect everyone who has a simple question
will be able to dig the information out of a service manual? Used to
be that we could expect that, but not any more.

Some people come here looking for resources, others come here just
asking for help.

The 5050BII has a servo controlled capstan motor. I believe that the
consumer version (which is how the 5050 was first introduced) uses a
synchronous capstan motor, but I'm not sure about that.

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Mike Rivers wrote:
> In article <mn.9b397d53aac9de69.28030@wanadoo.fr>
++951357@wanadoo.fr++ writes:
>
> > Il se trouve que Geoff Wood a formulé :
> > > Anybody know if the speed is mains frequency or servo-controlled
?
>
> > This Otari service manual is available for free on :
> > http://classes.berklee.edu/mpe/pdf_files/manuals_pdf/
>
> So why didn't you get a copy, look up the capstain speed control, and
> answer his question? Do you expect everyone who has a simple question
> will be able to dig the information out of a service manual? Used to
> be that we could expect that, but not any more.
>
> Some people come here looking for resources, others come here just
> asking for help.
>
> The 5050BII has a servo controlled capstan motor. I believe that the
> consumer version (which is how the 5050 was first introduced) uses a
> synchronous capstan motor, but I'm not sure about that.
>
> --
> I'm really Mike Rivers (mrivers@d-and-d.com)
> However, until the spam goes away or Hell freezes over,
> lots of IP addresses are blocked from this system. If
> you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring
> and reach me here: double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo

Mike: I had one of first MX5050 machines to hit the market back 1975
and the capstan motor was servo controlled.

George