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<DIV><FONT size=4>Somewhere in my Ampex "stuff" I have the "target"</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>operational parameters for the ACR-25. when I find it I
will send it along.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Now as far as to cycle times and running :10's back to back to
back all day long... Yes, that is the case. During the threading
time etc, you could call up a bin, open the door and change out a
cassette. You could edit the playlist if the cassette #</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>was not loaded.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The cassettes were limited to 6 minutes playing
time.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>We normally wound our cassettes with 2 minutes of
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>tape, plus time for roll up and roll out, according to the
Ampex Cassette Construction sheet.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>In normal operation, all cassettes were rewound
before</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>being ejected into the carousel.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>You could run an A B C A break where the A
element</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>is a :120 and the B & C are :10's...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Running the same :120 at the beginning and end of a
break</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>separated with two :10's put the machine to the ultimate
test.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>the :120 had to be rewound, ejected into the
carousel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>and then the machine had to go get the next :10, inject
the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>cassette into the clamp, thread, and cue in less than
:10!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>
<DIV><FONT size=4>Those of you, not familiar with the ACR-25, would
be</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>impressed!!</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>The machine spun the carousel the shortest distance to get to
the next bin to play...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>An amazing machine. Definitely quieter than the
TCR-100.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>One design feature... There were no metal against metal
moving parts. If something was going to break. it would be some cheap
easily replaced plastic part!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4>I'd pay to be part of the operating crew at NAB
2016!! ;-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<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 NBC O&O WTVJ</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>In a message dated 3/1/2011 11:41:05 A.M. Central Standard Time,
david@dcvideo.com writes:</DIV>
<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>In my
opinion, there is nothing quite impressive than watching a station break with
back-to-back 10 second promos being played on A, then B playing while A
ejects, threads up, and almost immediately plays A again when B is done, etc.
This theoretically can occur to a carousel full (24) of 10 second spots if the
ACR is told to do so. Of course, in this mode, the spots have to be rewound or
cued up later, but that's not a problem. It is a flawless transition from deck
A to B and back to A again etc.
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<DIV>How many on this list would be willing to see such an ACR 25 procedure in
the year 2011? Would anyone except us be impressed? </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>After I left KCOP for NBC (goodbye ACR, hello TCR), it was just a
memory.</DIV>
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<DIV>David<BR>
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<DIV>On Mar 1, 2011, at 9:03 AM, Gary Adams wrote:</DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">In
the early 70s, a friend of mine and I visited WBBM in Chicago. I was
currently working at a CBS affiliate in Lincoln, NE. We got a great
tour and spent quite a bit of time with the ACR-25 specialist (wish I knew
his name). Gave us the great 7.5 second turnaround test. Very
impressive. Wanted one for our very own as we were making “daily”
reels over night to free up the machines during the day. We ended up
getting to sit in their news room studio during their local news. They had
us sit at two of the news desks looking like we worked there since it was
also part of the set. We were pretty scared when they threw a story to
the person at the desk next to ours. The lights came up and they
started their report. A bit worried we would have to do one.
Great fun. It was in the Cronkite era so the CBS ONOs sort of did the
same thing. <O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Calibri, sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(31,73,125); FONT-SIZE: 11pt">I
came back to our humble station and pleaded with the Chief Engineer on the
advantages of the ACR. We ended up buying a demo TCR-100. I
threatened to quit (being quite juvenile at the time). In the end I
did quit going to work for RCA working on TCR-100s among other things.
Looking back, either way was fine, my path would have been quite different
if they would have bought the ACR. Probably would have been working
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