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<div>Dennis, </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Yes, the site intact, and back up again.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>In response to the post on the Telecine Internet Group (TIG), the site was backed up by an Australian who is writing a book about editing.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>On Feb. 18, 2009 John Buck advised the TIG that: </div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><blockquote type="cite"><div>I noticed this week that Jack's great historical site that covers</div> <div>all electronic editing had closed due to hosting issues.</div> <div><br></div> <div>With only the intention of keeping it alive, I have moved the files over</div> <div>to my own web domain.</div> <div><br></div> <div>If anyone has any issues with that please let me know.</div> <div><br></div> <div>John</div> <div><br></div> <div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; "><a href="http://www.velocite.net/lobby.htm">http://www.velocite.net/lobby.htm</a></span>l</div> <div><a href="http://www.velocite.net/ampex/ampex.html">http://www.velocite.net/ampex/ampex.html</a></div> </blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>So click on the links above to re-discover the content of the site. (Thanks, Jack!)</div><div><br></div><div>I haven't had time to see whether the software Jack offered for free on the site was also backed up and re-posted along with the museum pages.</div><div><br></div><div><b>Perhaps Jack can advise</b> whether he backed up the entire Sierra Madre website or just the museum portion?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Jack... you can hit reply... and if you're not subscribed to the QuadList, I'll get an e-mail asking for my approval, which I will give.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>If you're at NAB this April, please make a point of coming by the second annual lunch the group is having. 12:30, Tuesday, April 21 somewhere near the show floor.</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div>Ted</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>On Mar 5, 2009, at 10:15 AM, Dennis Degan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Listers:</div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I've just found out that one of my trusted resources for old TV editing and VTR information has been taken off the web. After Jack Calaway died, I guess no one was around to maintain the site.</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Did anyone have the foresight to save it and put it back up on the internet? If it disappears, that would be a great loss. Here's what Ted Langell said on another list about Calaway in November when his passing was announced:</div><div><br></div><div> - - - - - - - - - - -</div><div><br></div><div>Jack operated Software Systems/Sierra Madre</div><div><a href="http://www.sssm.com">http://www.sssm.com</a>/</div><div><br></div><div>and hosted a virtual Museum of Early Video Editing Equipment and Techniques on the site:</div><div><a href="http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/index.html">http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>He was responsible for the Calaway series of PC based editors, and had a hand in developing other equipment.</div><div><br></div><div>Among other things that Jack developed was the AVRS, which the Museum describes as the "first film to video tape edit controller. It was 3:2 aware, and insured that all edits on the tape occurred between film frames. AVRS controlled a Rank telecine and two VTR's via CMX compatible interface's."</div><div><br></div><div>It was succeeded by the Time Logic Controller, which lives on as a DaVinci Systems product.</div><div><br></div><div>Read more about it here:</div><div><a href="http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/specials/specials.html">http://www.sssm.com/editing/museum/specials/specials.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>...in an article by Jim Lindelien, who was one of TLC's developers.</div><div><br></div><div>I hope the museum website stays up. Its a great resource and archive for things that otherwise may be lost.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps someone ought to back up the pages?</div><div><br></div><div> - - - - - - - - -</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dennis Degan, Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>NBC Today Show, New York</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>_______________________________________________</div><div>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!</div><div>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div><div>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:</div><div><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div> </blockquote></div><br><div> <div><div><div><div><div><div>Ted Langdell</div><div>Ted Langdell Creative Broadcast Services</div><div>209 East 12th Street</div><div>Marysville, CA 95901</div><div>Main: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>(530) 741-1212</div><div>Cell: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>(530) 301-2931</div><div><br></div><div>Secretary for the QuadVideotapeGroup.com: </div><div>Preserving Tape, Equipment and the Knowledge to use them, in conjunction with the Library of Congress</div><div><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>tedlangdell.com. 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