I posted a source for the article on the early pre war development of the 45 format. Both organizations that I referenced have web sites and the AWA has a large museum. You should probably contact ARC first as I think it was in their publication. Then contact the author directly. Rich On Wed, 27 Dec 2006 03:44:53 -0600, Robert Wright wrote: >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Douglas Houston" <cdh041 at earthlink.net> >"RCA actually startede the 45 > system in 1939, and had it pretty well ready for production during the war, > but couldn't do anything with it then." >Is there any readily available material I can study on this subject? The >development of technology is one of the most importants parts of this hobby >for me (particularly failed formats), and this pre-war 45rpm thing is coming >as a total surprise to me. I knew Bell Labs (or was it Western Electric) >had developed the 45/45 stereo groove in 1929 and then sat on it for 30 >years, but this other is news to me. >By the way, if it came up in this conversation because we're dicussing what >threads should and shouldn't be welcomed here, I'd like to postulate that if >anyone actually has one of these pre-1949 45rpm machines, we'd all damn sure >like to hear about it! >thanks, >Robert >_______________________________________________ >Phono-L mailing list >Phono-L at oldcrank.org >Phono-L Archive >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ >Phono-L RSS Feed >http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/feed/index.rss >Support Phono-L >http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank