The TR-70s in the photos are the B versions. The way to tell is that they have the Tektronix 529 as the scope. The A version had the RCA TO-4. A scope that in my opinion was not that great.<br>
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Chris Hill<br>
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From: Dennis Degan <DennyD1@verizon.net><br>
To: Quad List <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><br>
Sent: Sat, 2 May 2009 2:02 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] History - what is the REAL story<br>
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<div id=AOLMsgPart_0_e63ebe78-a36b-4545-a081-41be3a4ac5c7 style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; MARGIN: 0px; COLOR: #000; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff"> On Apr 30, 2009, at 9:55 PM, Rory Ryan wrote: <br>
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> I got to NBC NY in 1981 and worked in Video Tape Maintenance on the 5th floor. <br>
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I say: <br>
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Hi, Rory! I worked in that same shop two years before you. Here's what that spot looked like in 2004 during demolition for ArtWorks: <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557526384/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557526384/</A>> <br>
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Rory also said: <br>
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> By early the early part of 1983 I was running the small satellite shop that took care of the 8 TCR-100As and 2 TR-70Cs. The TR-70Cs were used to dub commercials onto the carts. One of those TR-70s was soon replaced with the 9th TCR-100 and the engineering and plant integration for that was done by Phil Shaw who subscribes to this list. I wa
s lucky to spend nearly all of my time in the 80's tied (chained?) to those 9 TCR's before they finally were pulled out in 88/89. <br>
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I say: <br>
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When I worked at NBC in 1978-79, there were only 6 TCR-100s on the tape floor, in a lineup along the north side of the building. The two TR-70s were not C machines; they were probably TR-70As. <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515329694/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515329694/</A>> <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515357151/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515357151/</A>> <br>
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Rory: <br>
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> In 1981 when I first got there I remember 2 CMX rooms (teletype and paper tape) that had 3 TR-70's each but I don’t remember if they were C's or not. <br>
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I ask: <br>
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Where were the CMX edit rooms located? When I was there back in 1978, there was only one CMX room, near the east end of the tape floor close to the freight elevator. The edit room was equipped with 4 TR-70Cs, the only TR-70Cs in the building at the time. <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515330370/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515330370/</A>> <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355305/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355305/</A>> <br>
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Rory: <br>
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> There were BVH-1000's - soon to be 1100a's20and there were also BVU-2850s used during Nightly News segment pb. <br>
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I correct: <br>
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I think you mean BVU-200's (or perhaps you mean "VO-2850s". There was no BVU-2850). <br>
During my time at NBC in '78, most Nightly News playbacks began operating from the brand-new EJ area on the 4th floor. <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515343308/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515343308/</A>> <br>
Here are the first two BVH-100s being installed: <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515328974/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515328974/</A>> <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355785/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355785/</A>> <br>
The location of these 1-inch VTRs was directly opposite from the CMX edit room shown in the photos above. <br>
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Rory: <br>
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> There were still 4 VR-2000s used for on-air playback. These were used periodically through the day but during every midnight shift we aired 2 "Mary Tyler Moore's" and 2 "Newhart's". I also remember there was more than 1 time when 2 of the VR-2000s were used as a delay for soccer where 1 machine recorded and 1 machine played back and the tape loop in between the 2 machines was dropped into and fed out of a (presumably) clean garbage can. <br>
It worked! <br>
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I offer: <br>
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I guess you are referring to these VTRs:
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<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355073/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/515355073/</A>> <br>
Or the other pair opposite, not shown. <br>
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Rory: <br>
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> I am pretty sure the on-air VR-2000s were gone by '87 or '88. Only one was kept - in a dub facility for 2" transfers and I believe that machine was eventually moved to NBC's tape facility in NJ where it probably still sits. <br>
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I say: <br>
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And that facility is the NBC warehouse, the same location where "Law and Order-SVU" is shot now: <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/2535716834/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/2535716834/</A>> <br>
<<A href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/2535717666/" target=_blank>http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/2535717666/</A>> <br>
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Dennis Degan, Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank <br>
NBC Today Show, New York <br>
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