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Further reading ⇓

□ Overview
□ The Case
□ Purchasing
□ Arrival
□ Acceptance
□ Hardware
□ Commands
□ More commands
□ Image sizes
□ High-speed print
□ Quest article
Brochures
□ III Brochure
□ III Brochure
Manuals
□ FR80 Pocket Manual
□ FR80 Programmers Manual
□ FR80 User Manual
□ FR80 Applications Manual
□ FR80 Monitor Manual
□ FR80 Operator Manual

Replacing the SC4020

FR80 arriving

FR80 arriving
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The FR80 finally arrived on the 19th March 1975 and was taken upstairs in the lift.

Ready for the lift

Ready for the lift
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The only problem was the black and white film processor that would not fit in the lift and had to be man-handled up the stairs.

The Film Processor

The Film Processor
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Going up the stairs

Going up the stairs
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David Green had been the SC4020's engineer since its arrival working for Stromberg-Carlsen. He was persuaded to change companies and continued to be the Atlas Microfilm Recorder engineer now working for III.

David Green starts the Assembly

David Green starts the Assembly
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Roland Brandwood is in the background.

Will it work?

Will it work?
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