On Dec 31, 2010, at 11:51 , Bob W wrote: >> How about dicta-belts. Belt dictaphones. >> > > Secretary: "Boss, can I use your dictaphone?" > Boss: "No, use your finger like everyone else" > > Boom-boom. Thanks to Bernard Manning for that one.
I believe that one used two or three fingers to hold and slide the wax dictaphone cylinders on and off the drum. Belts came along after WWII, then tape. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictaphone Joseph McAllister Lots of gear, not much time http://gallery.me.com/jomac -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
