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This website and mailing list is focused on 2" Quadruplex Videotape: Sharing your experiences working with Quad tapes, recorders, their quirks and foibles can be very helpful in migrating the thousands of aging Quad videotapes now just sitting on shelves at archives world-wide. Members of this group are working with the Library of Congress National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, Virginia at the request of Steven Nease, the Chief Technology Officer for the NAVCC. Historical stories or personal recollections are welcome. We all need a laugh, an "Ah-Ha!" or to
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The Quad Videotape Group A discussion about "What's the REAL story behind the Click here to check out the archives for April and May in your browser. It's some insight into what was going on with some of the machines In 1959, engineers at NBC's new Color City Videotape Central in Burbank were working with RCA's pre-production VTRX predecessor to TRT-1 machines, installed for time-zone delay.
Inside, we have more about the RCA installations at NBC Burbank, NBC, New York City and Click here or on the Quad History index to look back at RCA's first installed test models, and the production units that came after. If you use or used to use or maintain an RCA TRT-1, 1A, 1B or 1C RCA photo, scan courtesy Gary Adams Check out the Restoration of the oldest known surviving color Quad recording on the Eisenhower Tape Restoration page Share your Quad stories, ask questions or offer solutions via the QuadList. |
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