Re: [ARSCLIST] Vintage Ampex technology book on eBay...

[Ken Fritz <kftooldesign@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi George,

  On your recommendation, I bought the book.

  I heard of the Phil van Pragg book a while back but never got a  
lead on it. Thanks for the info on it.

  regards, Ken Fritz.
On May 3, 2008, at 12:29 PM, George Brock-Nannestad wrote:

> From: Patent Tactics, George Brock-Nannestad
>
> Dave Nolan wrote:
>
> > Can't afford this today - someone here must want to snag it...
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ANALOG-TAPE-IS-KING-Fab-1949-Recording-Book- 
> > Ampex-200_W0
> > QQitemZ190219300712QQihZ009QQcategoryZ15199QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQc 
> > mdZView
> > Item
> >
> > Let me know who gets it :-)
>
> ----- imagine that anybody would sell a book without giving its  
> author and
> title. It seems (Brush gave it away) to be Begun, S. J.: "Magnetic  
> Recording"
> which came out, as the seller said, in 1949, but obviously it is not
> exclusively on Ampex. It was reprinted in 1954, and that edition is  
> usually
> much cheaper. It is a good book.
>
> I would recommend the following two books:
>
> Phil van Praag: "Evolution of the Audio Recorder", published by EC  
> Designs,
> Inc., Waukesha, WI, (1997),  ISBN 0-9657344-0-4 (xviii + 519 pages)
>
> Andrew Emmerson: "Electronic Classics. Collecting, Restoration and  
> Repair",
> Newnes, Oxford 1998, ISBN 07506 3788 9 (viii + 413 pages)
>
> Kind regards,
>
>
> George