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<DIV><FONT size=2 PTSIZE="10">WOW! economy must be tough.This turned out
to be a good buy for someone indeed! What makes me wonder... why the other
bidders did not go higher.... perhaps they were general tape or
electronics collectors and do not recognize the uniqueness....</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>I figured the prototype at $300 and the ACL production unit and $100
Here is an interesting case of an auction environment not doing so well...</DIV>
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<DIV>How did I arrive at that price? If someone had walked in the door 3
weeks ago with the units and this historical background what is what
they check would have been written for!</DIV>
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<DIV>Now you ask.. what does 3 weeks ago have to do with it? Well.... that
was before I bought a good section full of 40 ft tractor
trailer of antique broadcast stuff... I usually try to be a little
good after something like that.</DIV>
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<DIV>But oddly enough.... there was one of the red ones in the batch plus
a great literature stash on it </DIV>
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<DIV>Ed Shape archivist for SMECC</DIV>
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<DIV> In a message dated 11/28/2010 3:40:43 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
ted@quadvideotapegroup.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>The Gray prototype sold for $54.99</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457386302 href="http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457386302">http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457386302</A></DIV>
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<DIV>And the red cart with TCR-100 design manager Arch Luther's name on it
went for $23.50.</DIV>
<DIV><A title=http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457506568 href="http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457506568">http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=130457506568</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Retired from the Sarnoff Research Center in Princeton, he pursued
research in Digital Video and computers, writing a number of books along the
way. Arch lives near Jenner along the Northern California coast and makes
redwood furniture and consults: <A title=http://www.archluther.com/resume.html href="http://www.archluther.com/resume.html">http://www.archluther.com/resume.html</A></DIV>
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<DIV>On Nov 22, 2010, at 8:47 AM, Norman Hurst wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<TD vAlign=top>My dad was an engineering manager at RCA Broadcast and
led the effort to develop the TCR-100. I was clearing out excess
stuff and found a couple of cartridges and I couldn't bring myself to
toss them. So I've put them on eBay.<BR><BR>One is a gray cart
from the prototype demo at the 1969 NAB.<BR>To find them, search ebay
for RCA TCR-100.<BR><BR>Thanks. <BR><FONT color=#888888><BR>Norm
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