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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">VTR technical Control,
5<SUP>th</SUP> floor tape<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>NBC
Network</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The control system was in-house
designed & fabricated by NBC Engineering. NBC had crews for construction
including a full machine shop. This was the glory days of NABET, engineering
& construction were competent and very self efficient. The original build of
the TCR custom panel was contracted to a firm in Long Island.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The over-bridge, as seen in
historic pictures, had a Control PNL(~6RU) that employed DC control for
assignment of that TCR.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>I.E.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>If the operator was assigned to 8H. He
simply turned a selector to 8H and several big honking DC Rotary Motor resolvers
with mechanical switches performed the following. (The panel also had the
independent GRID (Matrix) Control for VandA record inputs to the Machine). </P>
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<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">A)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The Program
Monitor (VandA) was switched to the Controlling Production Facility</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">B)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The Gen lock
Sync Source (each TCR had an independent Sync Gen) was</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">Switched to one of the 5
sync standards used by the Production Facilities, this became a single standard
(miller time) in ~ 1986</P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">C)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The TCR remote
control was assigned to the production facility</P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">D)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The TCR (DC 2
wire) intercom was assigned to the Production pl</P>
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style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">E)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>If the
facility was SC (switching central) the “AVAIL” status & EPIS status was
provided to the Channel package.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in">F)<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN>The TCR’s
were special and had a control interface between TCR’s (I never saw</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in">that system used but it was
enabled)</P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>G)<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>several other functions that I have
forgotten, on air tally etc.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I may actually have the only
accurate engineering documentation of the control system, only because I was the
last engineer to mess with the design, update & change out of the last reel
to reel (TR70 b) to a TCR (38).</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The DC Control system was located
in the old Tape library, as you entered (6 racks in front of the windows over
looking radio city)<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The
5<SUP>th</SUP> floor hallway still had the Old lead video cables (not used but
not removed) clogging the cable runs.. Every project was a bear because
documentation was handed from the last engineer to the next engineer.
(Management had the habit of emptying your budget before you had the time to get
the markups to drafting). </P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The floor space on the
5<SUP>th</SUP> floor included a Control Room (5A) that was kind of an emergency
control. I don’t think many pll knew it existed, I used it in testing the</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Automation (Avail) system of the
TCR (Horizontal lock Phase) It was located across</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">the hallway from SC<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>(Hallway to west Bldg) behind the TCR
recording Machine.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">I think the ARPS was installed in
this space as the TCR record machine was moved</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">into the old Maint area (adjacent
to TCR32) in ~1989</P>
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style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Burbank SC/ Automation was a
Copy of New York, they were a full Network backup, besides their normal tape
delay function. I don’t think they ever originated</P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">the Network, but they could if NY
failed</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>My fondest memory is of the LAST live
boxing event @ NBC and the operation in the TCR area….The present CBS CEO was a
NBC sports exec @ the time and had the sales operation setup in the TCR area.
Must Play, May Play, options in real time selling Commercials “during” the
break. The Operators where changing Carts with the belt moving and before the
claws came down,(the time for the belt to rotate 5 spaces) they had to be very
very good ! ( I was the RCA support person that would be blamed if the TCR’s
screwed up, they didn’t but NBC lost money in the 6 round fight) Those tape guys
where true professionals</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">The Drinking Fountain, in the
hallway in front of the TCR’s, had a funny history depending on your point of
view ( Management vs. Nabet)</P>
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