Ampex DR-10 videodisk

Ampex DR-10 videodisk

Ampex DR-10 videodisk. The video disk provides storage for over 600 separate TV frames. Video sync is governed by an optical tachometer mechanically coupled to the disk. During loading, a gated oscillator is locked to the horizontal sync pulses and determines the rate and starting time for emptying the fast core registers onto the disk. Playback for display is completely compatible with standard TV, permitting use of the entire range of industry technology available as off-the-shelf hardware. Interfacing to a TV station is also possible for transmission of the satellite images and other interpretive material to the general public.

Videodiscs

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center.

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SL0651

1972

Image appears on page 37 in McIDAS: An interim report on the development of the Man-computer Interactive Data Access System. SSEC Publication No.72.11.M3. See also SL0411-SL0418 and SL0645-SL0651 for photographs of related equipment taken at the same time.