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<DIV><FONT size=4>Bill...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>As you may remember, we had 5 of the AVR-3s at
WTVJ.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>That was a sweet little machine. I did
machine-to-machine</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>and EDM-1 controlled editing with our set-up.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Very nice package... Nice profile...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>QUICK STORY: When it came time to trade the AVR-3s
back</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>to AMPEX for some 2B's... A C.E. from a station in
Mississippi</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>came to look at the machines he was going to be getting
from</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>AMPEX after they went in for refurb. The machines were
in</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>like new condition, but he wanted what he was paying
for.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>So he took serial numbers and checked each machine over and
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>then wanted a demo. He asked me to record some bars and
play</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>them right back. So that was easy.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I did a short record then rewound the tape and punched
play.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>A quick lock (usually a bit over 2 seconds) and the bars
looked </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>real good on the machines 15" TEK monitor.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>He said, "I'd like to look at the machine output, not the
input!"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I told him that was the machine out and proved it by
tapping</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>on the tape a bit to cause a very minimal amount of video
grivit!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>He was a happy camper!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0080ff size=4 face=Tahoma FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="14"><B><I>73,<BR><BR>Don Murray, W4WJ<BR>Fredericksburg,
Texas<BR><BR>Retired from 40 years in Miami TV<BR>35+ years at NBC O&O WTVJ
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/1/2010 2:25:08 P.M. Central Standard Time,
wcarpen107@yahoo.com writes:</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>I saw Stan Busby, about three months ago, at a Lunch for
Old Ampex Folks @ Bill McSweeny's place, The Duke of Edinburgh in
Cupertino, CA and he is well, some health problems, he can't drive a car
(eye problems), so he has an electric bike, but he can still have a
drink, tell a good story or a great joke, and functions very
well.<BR><BR>The article that you came up with was a result of something
I started and Stan wrote the article, after we got it going.<BR><BR>In
the late 70's, when I was the AVR-3 product manager, I addressed the
product tech training class and went to lunch with the group. I sat next
to an Engineer, Bill Smith of KTLA, one of two Chief Engineers, and we
became great friends, and still are today.<BR><BR>The lunch discussion
got around to the fact that we built the AVR-3 Editor w/ a removable
control panel, and had planned to make editing system with a simple
combiner to allow very simple, but precise editing from a control
sation w/three panels removed from the machines and the forth panel
providing the combining functions. <BR><BR>This had been comceptualized,
but with the retrofit problems and the acceptance of the Helical scan 1"
products, we realized that this product would not pay for the design
effort.<BR><BR>Bill asked if there were enough signals available at
external connectors to build an editor.I got in touch with Stan, we had
a long lunch, Bill explained what he wanted for KTLA, and many bar
napkins later, the conceptual design was complete.<BR><BR>Bill called me
at the end of the day, and asked for a "D" sized piece of paper to creat
a big schematic from the stack of bar napkins.<BR><BR>A couple of days
later,at another bar meeting, arranged by me, Stan reviewed the design,
made some minor changes, to make it simpler (to use more that was built
into the machines) and Bill went back to LA to get it built.<BR><BR>A
few months later, after a call from Bill, Stan went to KTLA (he was down
there for a SMPTE meeting) and saw the first test of the new edit
controller. It worked well, a couple minor changes/improvements and KTLA
had a great editor for building Promo's.<BR><BR>This editor was used for
many years, and the AVR-3's were the last quads running a KLTA, other
than the ACR's, since this editing sytem was fast,simple, precise and
easy to use.<BR><BR>Stan was one of my mentors at Ampex, and I could
always go to him and get a very good answer, on related any question,
that I could understand.<BR><BR>Bye, Bill Carpenter<BR><BR>--- On
<B>Mon, 3/1/10, georgenann@aol.com <I><georgenann@aol.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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georgenann@aol.com <georgenann@aol.com><BR>Subject: [QuadList]
Busby<BR>To: quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<BR>Date: Monday, March 1,
2010, 8:22 AM<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Came across this, thought you guys might be interested in it. I
don't know how the reactance chart wound up on the same file.</DIV>
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<DIV>It has been many years since I saw Stan, wonder if anyone has the
latest info on him.</DIV>
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<DIV>DE,</DIV>
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<DIV>George Keller<BR><BR></DIV>
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