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From: Don Norwood <dwnorwood@embarqmail.com><br>
To: Quad List <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><br>
Sent: Tue, Jan 26, 2010 10:42 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Cap Disc<br>
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<div><STRONG>New replies in <FONT color=#008000>GREEN</FONT> below.....</STRONG></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [QuadList] Cap Disc</div>
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From: Don Norwood <<A href="mailto:dwnorwood@embarqmail.com">dwnorwood@embarqmail.com</A>><br>
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<div>My post about changing the speed of the capstan was referring to your description of what was done to the pulleys on VR-2000 or 1200 machines. Unless I'm missing something, that would change the tape speed, which in turn changes the video track specifications.</div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial><STRONG>Well, it might change the tape speed if it weren't for the servo, it just put it into a slightly different range, one the servo seemed to like a little better.</STRONG></FONT></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000>Agreed, but ONLY for playback where the capstan speed is controlled by the servo. If the machine is for playback only, no problem, although I would have guessed that an electronic modification would have been much easier. My concern would be in record, where the capstan is fed a fixed frequency, and therefore the speed is affected by the mechanics. The servo has no way of knowing what the actual velocity of the tape is in record. If it has been changed by a mechanical modification, then the track alignment will be non-standard.</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000><U>The capstan is always under servo control. It is derived from the head tach. The head is locked to V, either re or incoming video.</U></FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nobody ever came up with an electronic mod for this, I don't know why, will have to think about this.</FONT></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>I remember those damn round chips in bd 9, 10. I whish they had left them alone, they made it hard to get a scope in there to troubleshoot. Board 14 was reframing?? I don't recall having any problem with it so left it alone.</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000>Yes, 14 is mostly reframing. After many years, the relays on the board can be problematic and cause trouble with normal servo operation.</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial>You sure have a great memory, you should write a book on the history of the servo, kind of like the big Rolex or Vibroplex history books. (Just kidding). Tnx fer the info it is interesting. I didn't get into the machines till the 70's.</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial color=#008000><STRONG>I got into the machines in the early 70's, and it's not my memory that's great, it's just that I have collected as much reference material as possible. Since I still work on these, some things are more easily recalled than others, but I still have to look up a lot of stuff!</STRONG></FONT></div>
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<div><FONT face=Arial color=#008000><STRONG>Don</STRONG></FONT></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000>Lucky guy, it sure was fun.</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000>Tnx Agn</FONT></STRONG></div>
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<div><STRONG><FONT face=Arial color=#008000>DE GK</FONT></STRONG></div>
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