<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I have found the discussion on the TR-800 to be fascinating. Thank you!</div><div><div><br></div><div>I had forgotten ISI in the discussion of possible TBC manufactures in Florida for the TR-800.</div><div><br></div><div>ISI was based in Gainesville, FL like Vital and was later named Intergroup. I worked at the Fox affiliate in Cape Coral, where they had both a Intergroup Master Control switcher and a small production board that was soon replaced with a GVG-200.</div><div><br></div><div>I also had some donated ISI distribution amps at my high school. Imagine my surprise when I realized that I didn't need to loop video through a tape deck or monitor to get it somewhere else! :)</div><div><br></div><div>I'll see if I can find the link, but I found a webpage years ago that was filled with comments from (former) Vital SqueezeZoom users. Some neat stories there on just how quirky they were. I'll see if I can relocate it.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Scott Thomas</div><div><br></div><div>On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:30 PM, Dennis Degan wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>On Feb 25, 2011, at 9:06 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:<br><br>> Vital filled a niche in switcher needs when GVG and others were too costly. The Squeeze Zoom was revolutionary, being used in many a music video in the early era of MTV style effects.<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I offer:<br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>A station I worked at, WIS-TV in Columbia, SC had a Vital switcher (one of Vital's first) in 1975:<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557719816/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557719816/</a>><br><br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank<br><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>NBC Today Show, New York<br><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#144FAE"><br></font></font></div></blockquote></div></body></html>