Quartz RT-3388 (c. 1978)
Little is documented about the Quartz RT-3388 — and what survives cuts against this page's camera listing. The only period materials found so far are Quartz's own magazine advertisements from 1978, and they describe a computer-equipped cassette deck, not a camera.
The pitch, repeated in several issues of High Fidelity and HiFI-Stereo through the second half of 1978, was that the deck's audio would still impress even with the computer set aside — as dazzling as the computer's electronic performance. Quartz's ad in High Fidelity (August 1978, p.67) backed the claim with a few headline specs:
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 64 dB with Dolby
- Wow and flutter: 0.06%
- Frequency response: 30–16,000 Hz (±3 dB)
The same ads also name a "Direct Memory" feature, presumably tied to the computer control, but give no further detail. No independent review, manual, or catalog entry has turned up, so production years, original price, and the computer's actual function remain unconfirmed. If you have the brochure or the machine itself, the Archive would welcome the missing pages.
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