TDC Slide Carriers (was: Re: Misc. Slide Projecting...)

[P3D <rdi@xxxxxxx>]

norml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote to photo-3d in reply to my post:

>I don't understand what this (below) is about. The changer in my TDC 716 had
>a little pusher that you just flip over from right to left to push our the
>last slide.

(I had written:)
>>Also, a while back somebody asked how to get the last slide out of a TDC projector.
>>Suggestions ranged from making a "The End" slide and leaving in in, making a
>>slide with a string attached to it, making a wooden (extra-long) dummy slide, but 
>>I don't remember anybody mentioning the way I just read in Three-Dimensional 
>>Projection by Earl E. Krause.  You take another slide and put it in the carrier, 
>>then push it HALF way in, then withdraw the slider.  Both slides will be half exposed, 
>>and you can pull them both out with your fingers.

I now understand the confusion (I'll explain in a second).  If you recall the rest of 
my post, I bet you may be confused over it as well:

>>Another question... what's the *rear* carrier slot on a TDC 116 for?  The front slot
>>is for Realist format slides.  What kind of camera generated slides of this 
>>rear carrier size?

I suspect Norm's carrier doesn't have two slots.
I have only ever seen 2 TDC 116 projectors up close, Bill Davis' and mine, and
they both have dual channel slide carriers.  The 3D projection book I 
mentioned above by Earl Krause also shows this carrier and its operation.
Since my post, I have received a photocopy of the TDC 116's original instructions 
(thanks, Harry!), and lo and behold, the dual channel carrier which we have is NOT 
mentioned- instead the carrier pictured has the flip over pusher like Norm mentions!
>From the photo & operational description, it looks like it may only have one slide slot.
Perhaps this flip over pusher carrier was an early or late model variant
(kind of like the double exposure prevention button on some Realists)?

I'm still wondering what the heck the back slot is for.  Were there slides
*slightly* bigger (taller?) than Realist? 

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Rick Inzero                                     
Northern Telecom, Inc.      			
Rochester, NY					rdi@xxxxxxx


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