<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">If the sketch is somewhere near scale, one could estimate the dimensions by using the diameter of a Quad reel (as shown) for a reference.<div><br></div><div>Visual estimate: 36" to the top of the bottom doors. Another 36" to the bottom of the monitor bridge, or 72". </div><div><br></div><div>Did they have 6' 5" tall designers or engineers in Camden? </div><div><br></div><div>In addition to "neck crink" capabilities, I'd think the scopes' height above straight-on eyeline and resulting Parallax between scope trace and graticule might be something to consider. Nothing like having your measurements and settings off by something significant. More of a problem with shorter users.</div><div><br></div><div>Wonder what the smaller screen under the color monitor was showing?</div><div><br></div><div><div>Ted</div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 4:24 PM, David Crosthwait wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Looks like a typical "bigger than it has to be" RCA console with swing out doors (TR 600?), and a color monitor mounted way too high, as compared to the AVR-3. Hard to tell the monitor bridge height though. Were they trying to match the floor floor foot print of the AVR-1?<div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span><rca-tr700.jpeg></span></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>David Crosthwait</div><div>DC Video</div><div>Videotape migration from <a href="http://www.dcvideo.com/obsolete-video-formats/2-inch-quad.html">2" quad</a> and more</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px; ">177 West Magnolia Blvd.</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Burbank, CA. 91502</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">818-563-1073</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">818-563-1177 (fax)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">818-285-9942 (cell)</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="mailto:DCFWTX@AOL.COM">DCFWTX@AOL.COM</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="mailto:DAVID@DCVIDEO.COM">DAVID@DCVIDEO.COM</a></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><a href="http://www.dcvideo.com/">WWW.DCVIDEO.COM</a></span></font></div></div><div><br></div><div><br><div><div>On Feb 22, 2011, at 12:19 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>The RCA- TR-700 got to the drawing boards, but not beyond due to the proliferation of 1" Type C.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr700.jpg">http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr700.jpg</a> has a sketch.</div><div><br></div><div>And sketch(y) is what one can say about machine details. </div><div><br></div><div>Chris, what do you know?</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Feb 21, 2011, at 12:29 PM, <a href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"> <div style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id="role_body" bottommargin="7" leftmargin="7" rightmargin="7" topmargin="7"><font id="role_document" color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial"> <div>As we know, many products are introduced and never make it to market. One example is the VR-8000 that was a 2 inch helical machine that looked like an VR-1100 with a new transport. Literature was distributed and catalog sheets were produced.</div> <div> </div> <div>So the question is </div> <div> </div> <div>"What RCA Quad Machine was introduced but never was sold? </div> <div> </div> <div>Chris Hill</div> <div>WA8IGN</div></font></div> _______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; font-size: 14px; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div> </div><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br><div> <div><div><br></div></div> </div> <br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying!<br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a></blockquote></div><br><div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ted Langdell</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Secretary</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#0018ea" style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; color: rgb(0, 24, 234); "></font></div></div></div></span> </div><br></div></div></body></html>