<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Bill,<div><br></div><div>Compact was across the street (sort of) from 3000 W. Alameda. I spent a few sessions over there for one reason or another, mostly in the presence of editor Bill Breshears. He is probably who you are referring to. His assist was Barbara. They were "the team" in town.</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, 10 second pre-rolls were necessary on those RCA setups, at least in the two bays at NBC. Made Compact look better & faster. Plus the food was much better at Compact than the NBC Commissary!</div><div><br></div><div>One of the Compact edit bays has two photos in my roatation on my main page at <a href="http://www.dcvideo.com">www.dcvideo.com</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>David</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Mar 7, 2011, at 5:38 PM, Bill Carpenter wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Hi David & Folks,<br><br>10 sec per-rolls? (did folks fall asleep?)<br><br>I guess that's why Compact's system making fun color framed edits with 1 sec pre-rolls was so great.<br><br>One of the great editors was so quick/slick with the system, that Joe did not add system switcher control until a year later.<br><br>With 1 sec pre-rolls he just did the effect as live, and went back and did it again until both he and the client we pleased!<br><br>And this was all happening in Burbank, a few blocks away!<br><br>Bill Carpenter<br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 3/7/11, Don Norwood <i><<a href="mailto:dwnorwood@embarqmail.com">dwnorwood@embarqmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Don Norwood <<a href="mailto:dwnorwood@embarqmail.com">dwnorwood@embarqmail.com</a>><br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] Question of the week-RCA AE 6000 editor<br>To: "Quad List"
<<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br>Date: Monday, March 7, 2011, 3:39 PM<br><br><div id="yiv1416384837">
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<div>Hi David:</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Chris is right about the other picture, but this EECO on a 2000 is
something else that I don't remember seeing. Do you know the date?
Interesting that it still used thumbwheels.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Don Norwood<br>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<br><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.digitrakcom.com/">www.digitrakcom.com</a> </div>
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<a rel="nofollow" title="david@dcvideo.com" ymailto="mailto:david@dcvideo.com" target="_blank" href="x-msg://140/mc/compose?to=david@dcvideo.com">David
Crosthwait</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" ymailto="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank" href="x-msg://140/mc/compose?to=quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">Quad List</a> </div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 07, 2011 6:08
PM</div>
<div style="font: 10pt arial;"><b>Subject:</b> Re: [QuadList] Question of the
week-RCA AE 6000 editor</div>
<div><br></div>Chris,
<div><br></div>
<div>This is the one your are referring to I believe (EECO unit on the VR
2000):</div>
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<div><span><TEP.jpeg></span></div>
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<div>David</div>
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<div>On Mar 7, 2011, at 2:50 PM, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:Chill315@aol.com" target="_blank" href="x-msg://140/mc/compose?to=Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="yiv1416384837Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div>This is not the TEP. That had thumb wheels only.</div>
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<div>This is actually a programmer that was made by ECCO for RCA. It
consisted of a number of parts. </div>
<div>The top display was an auxiliary display panel.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>The Unit Programmer is the middle unit that is a couple of rack
units. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>The bottom was a transport control panel. </div>
<div> </div>
<div>It was possibly a system that was first used on Laugh In. Can
someone confirm that?</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Chris Hill</div>
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<div>In a message dated 3/7/2011 5:31:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, <a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:david@dcvideo.com" target="_blank" href="x-msg://140/mc/compose?to=david@dcvideo.com">david@dcvideo.com</a> writes:</div>
<blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid blue; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"><font style="background-color: transparent;" size="2" color="#000000" face="Arial"><br><br>Hello Trevor,
<div><br></div>
<div>Thanks for the insight and the confirmation of similar problems with
the TR 600's. At least I can say now "It wasn't just me".</div>
<div><br></div>
<div>In regard to the TEP, here are two shots (for those who have no idea
what we are talking about):</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><span><RCATEP.jpeg></span><span><NBCedit2TEP.jpeg></span></div>
<div><br></div>
<div>The TEP actually worked pretty well with the TR-70's. However, it was
a 10 second pre-roll on the record VTR and five seconds on the source.
Edit 2 and 3 at NBC Burbank had TEPs. </div>
<div><br></div>
<div>David</div>
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<div>On Mar 7, 2011, at 9:08 AM, Trevor Brown wrote:</div><br class="yiv1416384837Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Ted
thanks for the heavy weight credit</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">We
had one three machine edit suite with equipped with
TR600’s</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">If
the crew leader had asked, do you want to go and try and get the
TR600’s to lock up</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">or
go see the nurse she needs to stick pins in someone’s eyes I might have
opted for the nurse</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Like
a lot of things the AE 600 was a good idea with poor
implementation</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">It
used an 8080 micro (big step up from RCA’s TEP is anyone remembers
it “Tape Editing Programmer”)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Machines
had to be pulled into sync, but unlike previous systems that used TSO to
speed up or slow down the capstan</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">and
create major servo disturbances </span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">The
AE 600 reprogrammed a counter chain in the capstan
servo</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">This
was I think 4.3. 4 in pixlock and either 4.4.4 or 3.4.3 to speed
the tape up or slow it down (cannot remember the original numbers or
what they were counting)</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">So
the lock to station sync slipped one way or the other without major
servo disturbances, and so station lock was a quick recovery process
after time pulling the time codes into the correct
sync</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">It
was a poor lockup system and frequently failed</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Worst
was the non standard logic to drive it, it was complex with a mix
needing the third machine to stagger start</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Numerous
keystrokes and only an external event to drive the mixer, so if the
preview was OK you had to remember to reset the mixer or it would toggle
the wrong way on the print</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Add
to that a ¼ tape deck (again external event fired) to lift audio and mix
it across the edit which again needed re cueing after a
preview</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">and
the operating alone could make grown men cry, before machine lock
up problems.</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Easy
to look at the director and ask is that what you wanted, it was so long
ago when you explained I have forgotten</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">and
if you did like the P/V can I repeat it, I never smiled like the guys in
the picture</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">Trevor
B</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;">UK
Member</span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-size: 11pt;"></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></b><span style="font-family: Tahoma,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span><a rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com" ymailto="mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank" href="x-msg://140/mc/compose?to=quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span>[mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com]<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>On Behalf Of<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>Ted
Langdell<br><b>Sent:</b><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span>07 March 2011
15:54<br><b>To:</b><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span>Quad
List<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [QuadList] Question of the
week-RCA AE 6000 editor</span></div></div></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">Here's
a shot of what looks very much like a version of the AE-6000 in an RCA
trade show booth:</div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600.jpg" target="_blank" href="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600.jpg">http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600.jpg</a></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">Perhaps
someone on the list remembers this particular
booth?</div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">Or
the people in that shot or this one:</div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><a rel="nofollow" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;" title="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600(nab77).jpg" target="_blank" href="http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600%28nab77%29.jpg">http://www.oldradio.com/archives/hardware/TV/rca-tr600(nab77).jpg</a></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
guy in the blue suit and glasses could be the person sitting in the
director's chair at the editor console.</div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ted</div></div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div>
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<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">On
Mar 7, 2011, at 7:36 AM, David Crosthwait wrote:</div></div>
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<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">The
answer is the </div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;">RCA AE 6000
"Automatic Computerized Editing" </span></span><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">devise.</span></span></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><i><span style="color: rgb(254, 102, 129); font-size: 10.5pt;">"A new sophisticated
editing system providing optimum simplicity and efficiency to enhance
creative expression".<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i></span><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">(I've had some<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><i>"creative expressions"</i></span><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span>when editing with TR-600A's
which cannot be printed here).</span></span></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"><RCA
AE 6000 bro1x.jpeg><RCA AE 6000 bro2x.jpeg><RCA AE 6000
bro3x.jpeg><RCA AE 6000 keyboard1.jpg><RCA AE 6000
screen1.jpg><RCA AE 6000x1.jpg><RCA AE 6000
bro4x.jpg></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
do not know if this product ever came out, but certainly from what I can
tell by pulling brochures from the DC Video file cabinet is that I
picked up this printed material in 1978 or so and it appeared to be a
real product. But I never heard of any implementation. Perhaps the heavy
weights here on the list i.e. Gary Adams, John Turner, Don Norwood,
Chris Hill, Trevor Brown and others who were associated with RCA gear
(perhaps the recipient of a sales pitch or two) could elaborate. If 1978
is an accurate time period for this product to be marketed, then I think
we have to keep in mind what the competition was then i.e. Ampex ACE,
CMX 340, ISC, Mach 1, and perhaps some others that I've failed to
mention. If one looks at the CRT display here, it's a bit convoluted
compared to the industry standard at the time (in my opinion), that
being the CMX 340. So perhaps the RCA AE 6000 was a little too late to
come to market. </div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">I
once worked with a woman who had just come from a religious network
editing facility who had four TR-600A's tied to (I think) a CMX edit
system, and she swore by them. </div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">There
were four 600As tied to a CMX 340 (no AE-6000) in edit five at NBC
Burbank, and those machines would move tape very fast, even dual edit
record under CMX control. However, they were not very reliable in other
aspects. That edit room had been originally projected to have four
AVR-3's, but an "upper level decision" placed the 600A's in that project
instead. </div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;"></div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">One
last note: The brochure mentions that this editor has a "switcher
control system designed to interface with any 1600 series Grass Valley
E-MEM equipped switcher" (did not scan that page yet but can if someone
wants to see it). I can't recall RCA ever mentioning another major
manufacturer in a brochure, although I could be dead wrong. Perhaps this
was a no brainer as RCA was (?) totally out of the switcher business by
then.</div></div>
<div>
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<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">David
Crosthwait</div></div>
<div>
<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">DC
Video</div></div>
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seen this before, but I'd say it's an RCA multi-machine edit controller
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a product that didn't make it into any facilities before the door was
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like a "super-duper" CMX type editing device for the TR-600 or above RCA
quads. BIG floppy drives to hold edit info (reminds me of the 4100
Chyron's). Buttons and panels very similiar to the TR-600 edit system at
Olympic Broadcasting Studio in Chicago mid to late 70's. Machines had
come from Montreal Olympics, no 2 quite alike, what complete DOGS.
Thankfully the truck had HS-100!</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br><br><span class="yiv1416384837apple-style-span">Pat</span></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div></div>
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looks like it was done by either CDL or
Telemation.</span></div></div>
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5 inch disc drives give it a time frame of the 70's or early
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has to be after the original CMX as the unit has some features that were
enhancements.</span></div></div>
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Mar 4, 2011, at 9:33 AM, Trevor Brown wrote:</div></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; font-family: serif; font-size: 12pt;">Looks
like an RCA AE600 edit panel<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>You can clearly see the
gold key as in 66 gold key 6 (Change Pal Phase)<br>There should be a
Blue key too (edit replay)<br>Picture is a little burnt out to
identify<br><br>Don't remember the 5 1/4 discs or the comments key
board<span class="yiv1416384837Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>TrevorB<br>UK
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On Behalf Of David<br>Crosthwait<br>Sent: 04 March 2011 15:59<br>To:
Quad List<br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] Question of the week<br><br>Here is
a photo from the file cabinet.<br>The questions for the contest
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