Is the spam getting worse or is it just me?
""kriss rolo"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > These are the items that iam interested in selling.. > Could you help me with some details on the goods, history, origin etc. > are these worth anything and if so who would i contact with regards to > selling them? and the best way to sell them ie auction etc > > APOLOGISE IF YOU HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL > > JPEGS ARE AVAILABLE AT YOUR REQUEST > > MANY THANX > > kriss rolo > tel: > 0044 182760393 office (uk) > 0044 1216864211 home (uk) > 0044 7814294018 mobile (uk) > > return e-mail address [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > UK ONLY VEHICLE REGISTRATION NUMBER N64 CON > NINTENDO 64 CONSOLE > > item 1 > > > hand carved round table with metal chain link in the middle > > > > > > item 2 > > magnum laurent perrier vintage 1988 champagne > > > > > > item 3 > > miniture football on stand from euro96 signed by pele and bobby charlton > > > > item 4 > is a bit more interesting. its a protana minifon attache, as u will see > ive enclosed notes from a web site regarding this and you will see back in > the 50's it cost $340.00 so i could imagine this to be worth a bit. it > also has an original tape inside i do not know what is on this tape, but > judging by who made it and the cost of the machine, the tape could have > some important information on it. heres the note..... > > > > The Minifon, developed in the early 1950s by Monske GMBH of Hanover(or by > Protona GMBH- I'm not certain), was an ultra-miniaturized, battery > operated magnetic recording device. It could not (initially at least) > record the full range of sounds and was thus limited to voice recording, > but it did offer easy portability in a very small package. The idea of > offering a pocket dictating machine was novel, since dictation had > previously been done in the office. However, it was thought that people > like salesmen could take the machine "on the road" with them. Once on the > market, the Minifon's promoters discovered that many people took advantage > of the recorder's small size to make secret recordings to be used as > evidence, as in court. > > The "legitimate" use of the Minifon, as a dictating machine, was somewhat > problematical. Recordings made on regular dictating equipment were usually > letters, and thus were normally sent almost immediately to a typist. The > Minifon offered no obvious advantages over standard dictation equipment > for office use, but its developers hoped to cultivate new uses for > dictation equipment, such as stock taking in warehouses, or the use of the > machine as a substitute for note-taking by reporters, insurance adjusters, > salesmen, and others. > > In its original form, the Minifon was a wire recorder, using a type of > wire medium developed by the Armour Research Foundation of Chicago and > employed in many similar devices since the late 1940s. The machine at its > introduction in 1952 had a recording time of one hour, which was > remarkably long, and weighed only about 3 pounds at a time when a typical > office dictating machine weighed upwards of 10 pounds. It accomplished > this small size and light weight in part through the use of miniature > tubes and clever mechanical design. The basic machine cost $289.50-- a > price that sounds high today but was very much in line with competing > office dictating machines. > > The parent company attempted to set up distribution, sales and service > networks in the United States. It established a business office called the > Minifon Export Corp in New York, and an existing company, Harvey Radio in > New York City became the main distributor. Although smaller tape recorders > appeared at about the same time, the main competition in the voice > recording field was from an American company, Mohawk, which made a small, > battery-operated cartridge tape recorder called the Migetape. Both > products sold less than 10,000 units per year in the U.S. > > After a few years, the Minifon was modified to use transistors and > magnetic tape, further lowering its weight and cost. By 1962 the basic > machine weighed in at only 1.5 pounds. Competition by this time had helped > bring the cost down to $249.50. > > The Minifon after about 1962 was distributed by the international > conglomerate ITT through its subsidiary in the U.S., Federal Electric > Corp. A little later, distribution was taken over by the ITT Distributor > Products Division in Lodi, New Jersey. (I don't know whether these were > the same company with different names) > > By the time ITT became associated with this product, it had taken on the > name of Minifon "Attache," and a new line of models and options appeared. > These included a hi-fi model, the 978H, which sold for $330.50.Usinga > two-track, 1/4 inch tape cartridge operating at 1 7/8 inches per second, > the machine claimed a frequency response of up to 12,000 Hz, plus or minus > 3db. > The coming of magnetic tape did not completely displace wire. The Model > 240 series of recorders introduced in the early 1960s were probably the > last wire recorders in regular production. The 240L, at a price of $269.50 > used a special long-playing wire cartridge that held 4 hours of wire. > Otherwise it looked like both the tape model and the 240S, which used a > 2-hour wire cartridge and sold for $249.50. > > Another innovation was the introduction of more conventional recorders. > After years of offering only "half" of a complete dictation system, > Minifon finally developed a restyled, non-portable "office" machine, > mainly for use by a transcriber, with pedal controls. > > By the mid-1960s, Minifon was trying to market its machines as > multi-purpose devices suitable for nearly any recording need. In addition > to the hi-fi and long-playing machines, the company offered an astounding > variety of optional equipment such as foot controls, microphones, external > amplifiers and loudspeakers, headsets, external power supplies, telephone > recording attachments, conference recording adapters. One of the most > interesting options were the miniature microphones intended to allow users > to make "spy" recordings. In addition to a small tie-clip microphone, the > Minifon could be equipped with a microphone disguised as a wrist- watch. Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=33021&t=33021 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
