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<DIV>The December issue of Broadcast Engineering has an article on page 90 about
archiving. In the article, it refers to "enormous libraries of quad
videotape will be unplayable in a few years" (due to lack of operating
equipment).</DIV>
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<DIV>Does anyone have any reliable info regarding how much quad material is
still out there? My impression has been that most broadcast stations have
already disposed of their quad tape. I wouldn't think there was much 1"
left either.</DIV>
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<DIV>If no data has been compiled, perhaps a publication such as BE could run a
survey to help determine how much material is still on the shelves and what
demand really exists for its archival.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV></BODY></HTML>