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<DIV>actually in the early days i do know rca was one of the leaders
in hf tech for transistors.... it was a big problem....
for fun look at the specs on some of the early bell lab units
like the m1752 grown junction uint...blaaah! nasty early stuff</DIV>
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<DIV>see <A href="http://www.smecc.org">www.smecc.org</A></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 4/23/2009 8:25:01 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
trandoc@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Folks,<BR><BR>I had heard that RCA invented the air bearing headwheel
and this is <BR>what Ampex wanted. Any
comments?<BR><BR>Regards,<BR>Harold<BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: Don Norwood <dwnorwood@embarqmail.com><BR>To: Quad
List <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><BR>Sent: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 7:34
pm<BR>Subject: Re: [QuadList] History - what is the REAL
story<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>----- Original Message
-----<BR>From: "C. Park Seward" <BR> <BR><BR>> Perhaps some of
you can point to the true stories. <BR><BR>> <BR><BR>> Story
one: <BR><BR>> <BR><BR>> Ampex, having developed a way to
record color on quad, needed the <BR><BR>> transistor technlogy tjhat
RCA had abd RCA nedded the Ampex patents <BR><BR>> for color. So they
did a parent swap with RCA getting color and Ampex <BR><BR>> getting
transistor technology. <BR><BR>> <BR><BR>> Some think the
transistor technology was actually gotten from
Sony. <BR><BR>> <BR><BR>> Time frame should be around 1958 or
so. <BR> <BR><BR>Hi Park: <BR> <BR><BR>I certainly have no
first hand knowledge, but --somewhere--, I think I <BR>have<BR>a copy of some
correspondence from one of the Ampex guys that was <BR>there.<BR>Perhaps Tim
could ask Charlie Anderson what he knows about it. Anyway,
<BR>I<BR>didn't think that it had anything to do with the transistor, but
rather <BR>that<BR>Ampex needed RCA color technology and RCA needed Ampex's
videotape<BR>technology. The only thing I=2<BR>0can find at the moment
that supports this <BR>is<BR>the following: <BR> <BR><BR>>From
the industry briefs part of the January 1958 Radio & TV
News: <BR><BR>"RCA and Ampex Corporation have signed an agreement for the
exchange of<BR>patent licenses covering <BR><BR>video tape recording and
reproducing systems for both black-and-white
<BR>and<BR>color." <BR> <BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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