[78-L] Geniuses with computers write.. (David Lennick)

[Steve Williams]

That one line about the surface could be deleted altogether, it's wrong and
contributes nothing, but try to get something like past the Wikipedia Gods!
The next paragraph correctly says that the real issue is editing, the true
advantage of tape, and overall the article is quite accurate.

 Steve Williams  ..

>Message: 9
>Date: Mon, 6 May 2013 09:00:32 -0400
>From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>Subject: [78-L] Geniuses with computers write..
>To: 78L <78-L at 78online.com>
>Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP546A85CFB4AB97D6FE3115BDB90 at phx.gbl>
>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed

Vincent Fitzpatrick passes along this gem:

On 5/6/2013 5:36 AM, Vincent Fitzpatrick wrote:
> I'm reading the Wikipedia article on Bing Crosby. Crosby is about to 
> introduce tape to radio. Get a load of this:
>
> /The transcription method posed problems, however. The acetate surface 
> coating of the aluminum discs was little better than the wax that 
> Edison had used at the turn of the 19th to 20th century, with the same 
> limited dynamic range and frequency response./