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Author Topic: Ancient manual needed - Norelco Platter Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-26-2007 06:10 PM                        If anybody has any documentation concerning those ancient Norelco platters, can you please e-mail it to Brad or contact me, it would be useful at some of our old drive-ins.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-29-2007 11:02 AM                     The Rotomatic? I'm pretty sure I have one kicking around somewhere. Manual postings here though have been a bit sparse in the last year.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 01-29-2007 06:25 PM                     Hey...last year was "break year from updates" again. Since it's for Scotty though, if you send it over I'll post it immediately.  |  IP: Logged Steve Guttag We forgot the crackers Gromit!!! Posts: 12814 From: Annapolis, MD Registered: Dec 1999 posted 01-29-2007 06:31 PM                     So we shouldn't bother scaning or uploading any manuals/pictures...etc every other year?  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 01-29-2007 06:55 PM                        It truly DOES pay to be a member. Such personalized service.  |  IP: Logged Mike Pennell Expert Film Handler Posts: 150 From: Tucson, AZ, USA Registered: Apr 2003 posted 02-02-2007 01:32 PM                     Scott, whould one of these drive-ins be in Sacramento?  |  IP: Logged Sean R. Custer Film Handler Posts: 35 From: San Francisco, CA, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-11-2007 02:35 PM                        Just to answer your dangling question... ... Yes the Sac 6 D/I still had the Norelcos last I worked there in August and supposedly still do. We had a manual kicking around but the wiring there is "custom" to say the least. I think a couple were pulled out of a San Jose theatre in the last few months as well but I lost track.  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-13-2007 04:16 AM                     Why lookie what human mouse just sent in!  |  IP: Logged Scott D. Neff Theatre Dork Posts: 919 From: San Francisco, CA Registered: Oct 1999 posted 02-13-2007 03:28 PM                        Just noticed the manual now. Thanks for getting that up there so fast. And yes, Sacramento has those platters, as do almost all the other drive-ins I work for.  |  IP: Logged John McConnel Expert Film Handler Posts: 118 From: Okmulgee, OK USA Registered: Nov 2003 posted 02-14-2007 01:40 PM                        As for old Rotomatics,we use two of them at the Orpheum in Okmulgee, OK. They operate smoothly. Repair parts are a bit costly, but then they don't need them too often. Is it possible, and practical, to adapt the new-style payout unit to the Rotomatic?  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 02-15-2007 03:13 PM                     There are a pair of them in Twin Falls, ID at the Twin 12 that have been running for well over 30 years... they are still running on the original motors and have had just a few control box repairs. Mark  |  IP: Logged

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