[Amps] Alpha 87 (not 87A)

[Ken Boasi]

Hi guys,

I was recently going through some back issues of NCJ from the late 80's. One of the ads that caught my attention was Alpha announcing their new Alpha 87 linear that was soon to come out. 

The picture showed a manual tune amp that had the similar passband tuning bandswitch that the 78 and 374A had, but with the LED bar graphs of the 87. 

I'm assuming this amp was never produced, since the 87A came out around this timeframe. 

Has anyone ever seen one of these? My guess is that it never really existed. 

Just curious (and no, I don't have one!)

73, Ken N2ZN