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<DIV>From: <<A
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<DIV><BR>SNIP<BR><BR>At another studio on the far side of the base we also had
an Ampex VR1100. (or was it a VR1000?). This was also about the time when 1"
open gate VTRs were also coming out. My memory of that smaller studio was that
it was color and that the Ampex 2" quad was color as well. I'd like someone to
confirm that since I'm working from a memory more than 40 years ago. <BR><BR>Hi
Allan:</DIV>
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<DIV>If the machine was tube-type, then it was a VR-1000, and if it was color,
it was a VR-1000C. If it was solid state, then it could have been a
VR-1100 which was Ampex's first solid state machine, although most 1100's were
mono only. Some were later updated to color however. By the time you
were talking about in the late 60's, if it was color, it was likely either a
VR-2000 or a VR-1200. The VR-2000 was the top-of-the-line production
machine. The VR-1200 was a less expensive and smaller machine.
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<DIV>Below are pics of a couple of my machines that might help you. The
first is a VR-1100 and the second is a VR-1200. You can see that the basic
design is very similar. The VR-2000 was three racks wide instead of two
and had the monitoring in the "side car" rack instead of the overhead
bridge. The 1200 was also available in the side car configuration.</DIV>
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<DIV>If these don't look like what you remember, I can post some pics of the
other models.</DIV>
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<DIV>Don</DIV></BODY></HTML>