Keith Cowing: We have a milestone to report tonight. We put a real LO-II tape on the drive with the known good head and was able to get audio and the test video patterns off the machine. We did not dare go far enough yet to get the LO image but here for your listening pleasure and verification of milestone, is a voice that has not been heard since November 30, 1966. Sorry but if you have a PC you may not be able to hear it but on the Mac it is great! [Audio file] Also a pic to go along with it.
We are closing in on the prize.
[Audio files of voice track: PC (.wav) Mac
“30 November 1966”
Here is a MP3 version (thanks Ken!)
Official website of the Lunar Orbiter Image Recovery Project (LOIRP)