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<DIV><FONT size=4>Just as an aside... Ampex did make the VR1200E...
It was a flatdeck</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>VR1200 with no monitor bridge. Very similar in
appearance to the AVR2. Used a 1200E at WCIX in Miami. On
Saturdays </FONT><FONT size=4>I would roll it out of the building into our
Cortez motor home and go do a </FONT><FONT size=4>bowling remote... It was
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>the instant replay machine!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>One thing about the AVR2... When you had a 90 loaded up
on that machine</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>you kept your fingers crossed when the machine rolled and the
tension arms almost dropped out as the tape got up to speed!! Certainly
not a AVR-1!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Don Murray</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Retired from 40 years in Miami Television</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>35+ years at WTVJ NBC O&O</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 7/22/2009 4:32:44 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
quadruplex@verizon.net writes:</DIV>
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style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>Great
photos, Sammy!<BR>Yes, that is an Ampex AVR-2 they're using. It's great
to see that at <BR>least one place retains some artifacts of their
history.<BR>As as aside, I might have the very machine that recorded that
"Georgia <BR>Educational Television Network" quad tape. I picked up four
machines <BR>this spring from the University of Georgia campus in Athens that
were <BR>used at WGTV when the studio was there.<BR>Guy<BR><BR><BR>Sammy Jones
wrote:<BR>> Here are a few photos of the machine I saw in action at SCETV;
also an ancient RCA TR3 that is non-functioning, but proudly on display along
with other historic equipment.<BR>><BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=49046619&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=2&aid=2561198&id=4927033#/photo.php?pid=49046663&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=2&aid=2561198&id=4927033#/photo.php?pid=49046665&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=2&aid=2561198&id=4927033#/photo.php?pid=49046666&id=4927033<BR>><BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=49046634&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/photo.php?pid=49046635&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=49046636&id=4927033<BR>>
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?page=2&aid=2561198&id=4927033#/photo.php?pid=49046637&id=4927033<BR>><BR>>
Sammy Jones<BR>> Associate Producer<BR>> Georgia Public
Broadcasting<BR>><BR>> <BR>>> Unless someone from
SCETV comes forward and has direct <BR>>> knowledge, <BR>>> this
may never be resolved. <BR>>> I think we should stop trying to find an
answer that most likely <BR>>> will <BR>>> never be found. Thanks
for trying though, guys. <BR>>><BR>>> Dennis Degan, Video
Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank <BR>>> NBC Today Show, New York
<BR>>> <BR>><BR>>
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