[QuadList] Quad engineer Ken Zin helps recover Moon orbiter tapes

[Ted Langdell]

Ken Zin's name comes up from time to time.

I had a lengthy chat with him last month in connection with Merlin  
Engineering Works.

He lives in Paradise, CA, about 30 miles north-east of me, and about  
15 miles east of Chico.

At that time, Ken was commuting to San Jose and the NASA Ames site at  
Moffett Field.  Well, actually, a closed McDonalds restaurant on the  
property.

Click here
http://www.moonviews.com/archives/2008/11/ 
image_collection_from_a_garage.html

to find out what he was doing to help recover high resolution photos  
from the 1966 Lunar Orbiter tapes... recorded on Ampex FR-900 analog  
recorders.

If anyone on the list knows more about the FR-900—which looks like it  
uses transverse scanning—Dennis Wingo of the project is looking for  
more information.

I have contact info and can pass yours on.

Ted

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