tanger@hao.UUCP (10/20/83)
about 30,000 images on magnetic tape
during the initial 8 months of operation before a variety of failures
occurred in late 1980. The majority of our vidicon (television camera)
images have been reproduced on B/W film by our Dicomed film recoder,
but this system now handles all graphic output from two Cray-1A computers
at NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research), and is no longer
available for producing large quantities of raster images.
The Solar Maximum satellite (which uses several different instruments
to study the sun) is scheduled to be repaired in April 1984 on Space
Shuttle flight STS-13. Once this occurs, SMM is expected to be fully
operational once again. Thus, we expect to generate perhaps 100-200
images per day. I am seeking a color film recoder device which can
handle this large quantity of images on a daily basis. Obviously,
it would be most helpful if this film recorder used a camera which
can accept a large film magazine in order to minimize film changes.
Thanks in advance for any responses to this request for information
and comments regarding film recoder devices.
Andrew Stanger
High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
Box 3000 Boulder, Colorado 80307 (303)497-1526
UUCP pathnames :
seismo!hao!tanger or decvax!kpno!hao!tanger