Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Help Wanted




There’s a fellow in Massachusetts who’s using a Cinetron 1100 control system that was purchased from its original owner, Kinetics in Chicago a few years back. I’ve also received several requests lately from people who own and still use Cinetron systems built back in the 1980s or earlier.
If anyone out there has any Cinetron user’s manuals for any system built by Cinetron Computer Systems Inc. please let me know because I’m in the process of creating a set of computer searchable files and, hopefully, tutorials since there are still a number of people who are using these systems that did not have the benefit of training.
As some of you might know Cinetron was purchased back in the early 1990s by Motion Electronics and subsequently went out of business along with its new parent company. The result of that is that all of the documentation is pretty much gone.
Again if you have any information photographs etc. relating to the Cinetron systems please let me know as I am also in the process of creating a history on my website.
Thanks in advance for your help
Charlie

Friday, November 7, 2014

PES Automator

I got an email from a fellow in Montreal the other day who has acquired an Oxberry camera formerly owned by CanAm.  The Oxberry had a Cinetron Stop Motion Camera Motor (SMCM) and a PES Automator axis motor control system.  I couldn't help him with how to setup or operate the Automator and I hope that if anyone is watching with knowledge of the systems or CanAm will post it here for him.
Charlie

Thursday, November 6, 2014

Rejuvenated and ready to go

Well, I finally got off my can and decided that it is high time that I start keeping this blog and my website more current, interesting and informative.
You can visit the new site here
I will admit that at the time of this posting there is very little changed save the home page and the removal of all the commercial aspects of the original site.  That said, I do promise in the weeks ahead to add more pictures and copy relating to Cinetron, Photography, Animation, Fishing and even more self-aggrandizing fluff.