½″ 8-channel
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Service training binder
Covers the whole MX-5050 line
Service bulletin: DD capstan motor lubrication (June 1989)
Synchronizer interface information (Edition 1, May 1985)
Covers MX and MTR series machines
Video Images Reference Catalog 1988–89 — Otari listing
Covers MX-5050 B-II, B-II F, BQ-II and MARK III series
Period distributor listing, not an Otari factory compatibility chart.
The MARK III Series brochure (1984)
Covers the MARK III series
Modern Recording, March 1983 · scan pages 51–60Review
Otari MX-5050-MKIII-8 Professional Reel-to-Reel Recorder
A full Lab Report on the MARK III/8 with its Vital Statistics table and bench plots, followed by Michael Tapes' Hands-On Report from sessions in his own studio.
Studio Sound, June 1983 · scan pages 38–39, 74, 76, 78 and 80–81Review
Hugh Ford's full bench review of the Mark III/8 half-inch eight-track with the maker's specification, noise and wow-and-flutter tables, and Otari UK's two-page spread in the same issue quoting its verdict.
The family archive also covers other models in this line.
Browse all 25 MARK III Period Press sightings →MARK III/4, III/8 and BQ-II data sheets
The 1984 MARK III Series brochure ends its comparison grid with “For full specifications, see individual machine data sheets.” The MARK III/2's sheet is held above, in two printings; the sheets for the MARK III/4, MARK III/8 and BQ-II are not.
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