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<DIV><FONT size=4>We had a 3M/E Vital Switcher and a Vital Router and Vital
Video DA's at </FONT><FONT size=4>WTVJ... circa 1973...
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Straight out of Gainesville!! ;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>I visited the factory... Interesting
place!!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=4>Don Murray W4WJ</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Retired from 40 years of Miami TV Engineering</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>35+ years at WTVJ NBC O&O</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 2/25/2011 8:30:49 P.M. Central Standard Time,
DennyD1@verizon.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial><BR> 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 <BR>costly. The Squeeze Zoom was revolutionary,
being used in many a music <BR>video in the early era of MTV style
effects.<BR><BR> I offer:<BR><BR> A
station I worked at, WIS-TV in Columbia, SC had a Vital switcher
<BR>(one of Vital's first) in 1975:<BR>
<http://www.flickr.com/photos/dennisdegan/557719816/><BR><BR>
Dennis Degan, Video
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