<font color='black' size='2' face='arial'>Yesterday, a client asked to bring in his 2" tape of his father's work in Alaska. "Sure, bring it here" I said. He arrived. Nice fellow. Works in the post mixing business here locally. We mounted the tape on the AVR-1. Played it. Nothing. Tails out? Could not tell. Oxide out? Yes. I could see a control signal, but nothing else. My suspicion was that it was the rare Ampex VR 650/660 helical format. Fired up the machine, and found some interesting images and sound. First off, the beginning of the tape was a 1966 recording of "Hollywood A Go Go", one of the most visually exciting shows to watch, as compared to Bandstand, Thaxton, etc. The rest of the tape was local Alaska morning news plus a leftover teenage dance program. It's all a glimpse of the sixties.
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Ya never know what you will find on these tapes. Neither did the client.</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>All of these images came from the VR 660 deck.<br>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
<div>Local weather:</div>
<div><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DD75F19_18BC_586C" width="275" id="TIE.880383" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Weather.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Weather.jpg"></div>
<div>Local dance show:</div>
<div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DDC21D7_18BC_586D" width="275" id="TIE.61887" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Dance2.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Dance2.jpg"></div>
<div><span></span></div>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div><br>
</div>
<div>Hollywood A Go Go:</div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DE0E495_18BC_586E" width="275" id="TIE.708913" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Go4.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Go4.jpg"> <img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DE808B2_18BC_586F" width="275" id="TIE.832982" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Go9.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Go9.jpg"></div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DECCB70_18BC_5870" width="275" id="TIE.729479" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Go3.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Go3.jpg"></div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div style="clear:both"></div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DF18E2E_18BC_5871" width="275" id="TIE.757495" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Go6.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Go6.jpg"></div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><img src="cid:tie_8CCDB2A7DF8B24B_18BC_5872" width="275" id="TIE.779231" style="margin-top: 5px; margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 5px; vertical-align: middle; " alt="Go7.jpg" class="AOLInlineImage" title="Go7.jpg"></div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;"><br>
</div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;">David Crosthwait</div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;">DC Video</div>
<div class="envelope" align="left" style="float: none;">www.dcvideo.com</div>
<div><span></span></div>
<div style="font-family:helvetica,arial;font-size:10pt;color:black">
<div id="AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FFFFFF"><br>
</font>
<style type="text/css">#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 td{color: black;} #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp { border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; font-family: Arial; margin: 10px 0; padding: 0 10px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp hr { border: 1px solid #d8d8d8; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp #hd { color: #628c2a; font-size: 85%; font-weight: 700; line-height: 122%; margin: 10px 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp #ads { margin-bottom: 10px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp .ad { padding: 0 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mkp .ad a { color: #0000ff; text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc { font-family: Arial; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc #hd { margin: 10px 0px; font-weight: 700; font-size: 78%; line-height: 122%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ygrp-lc .ad { margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 0 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 a { color: #1e66ae; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #actions { font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; padding: 10px 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity { background-color: #e0ecee; float: left; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; padding: 10px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity span { font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity span:first-child { text-transform: uppercase; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity span a { color: #5085b6; text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity span span { color: #ff7900; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #activity span .underline { text-decoration: underline; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .attach { clear: both; display: table; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12px; padding: 10px 0; width: 400px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .attach div a { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .attach img { border: none; padding-right: 5px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .attach label { display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .attach label a { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 blockquote { margin: 0 0 0 4px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .bold { font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .bold a { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 dd.last p a { font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 dd.last p span { margin-right: 10px; font-family: Verdana; font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 dd.last p span.yshortcuts { margin-right: 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.attach-table div div a { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.attach-table { width: 400px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.file-title a,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.file-title a:active,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.file-title a:hover,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.file-title a:visited { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.photo-title a,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.photo-title a:active,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.photo-title a:hover,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div.photo-title a:visited { text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 div#ygrp-mlmsg #ygrp-msg p a span.yshortcuts { font-family: Verdana; font-size: 10px; font-weight: normal; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .green { color: #628c2a; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .MsoNormal { margin: 0 0 0 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 o { font-size: 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #photos div { float: left; width: 72px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #photos div div { border: 1px solid #666666; height: 62px; overflow: hidden; width: 62px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #photos div label { color: #666666; font-size: 10px; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; white-space: nowrap; width: 64px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #reco-category { font-size: 77%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #reco-desc { font-size: 77%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 .replbq { margin: 4px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-actbar div a:first-child { margin-right: 2px; padding-right: 5px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg { font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica,clean, sans-serif; *font-size: small; *font: x-small; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg table { font-size: inherit; font: 100%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg select,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 input,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 textarea { font: 99% Arial, Helvetica, clean, sans-serif; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg pre,#AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 code { font:115% monospace; *font-size:100%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg * { line-height: 1.22em; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg #logo { padding-bottom: 10px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-mlmsg a { color: #1E66AE; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-msg p a { font-family: Verdana; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-msg p#attach-count span { color: #1E66AE; font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-reco #reco-head { color: #ff7900; font-weight: 700; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-reco { margin-bottom: 20px; padding: 0px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ov li a { font-size: 130%; text-decoration: none; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ov li { font-size: 77%; list-style-type: square; padding: 6px 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-sponsor #ov ul { margin: 0; padding: 0 0 0 8px; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-text { font-family: Georgia; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-text p { margin: 0 0 1em 0; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-text tt { font-size: 120%; } #AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 #ygrp-vital ul li:last-child { border-right: none !important; } </style>
</div>
<!-- end of AOLMsgPart_2_113868be-81dc-47ee-9692-5a89826c9975 -->
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</font>