Re: [ARSCLIST] proper cataloging terminology: acetate vs lacquer?

[Karl Miller <lyaa071@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, Mike Richter wrote:

> "Acetate" became a term for the form just as we use peanut for a plant
> which is neither pea nor nut. I am one of the nuts who uses quotation
> marks on "78" as a designation for a recording nominally at that speed,
> but the great, wide world that knows the 78 is unaware that the term is
> imprecise.

And then we have delimiter d in the 007

And the choices are...

Speed The playback speed of the sound recording. Speed is associated
with the item.

Analog discs: Speed is measured in revolutions per minute.

a 16 rpm
b 33 1/3 rpm
c 45 rpm
d 78 rpm
e 8 rpm

Compact digital discs: Speed is measured in meters per second. This is the
distance covered on the discs surface per second, not the number of
revolutions per minute.

f 1.4 m. per sec.

Cylinders: Speed is measured in revolutions per minute.

h 120 rpm
i 160 rpm

Tapes: Speed is measured in inches per second.

k 15/16 ips. This is the speed of mini-cassettes used in portable recorders.
l 1 7/8 ips. This is the speed of standard cassettes.
m 3 3/4 ips. This is the speed of nonprofessional reel-to-reel tapes and
             cartridges.
o 7 1/2 ips. This is the speed of nonprofessional reel-to-reel and studio
             tapes.
p 15 ips. This is the speed of professional reel-to-reel and studio tapes.
r 30 ips. This is the speed of reel-to-reel and studio tapes, but is rarely
          used.
Others

u Unknown. The speed is not known.
z Other. A speed for which none of the other codes is appropriate.

Seems to me that for "78s" we should have plenty of "z" but when one
checks the files, we don't.

Karl