<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Could be for a Sony EV-200, 210 310, 320 or UV-340 machines circa 1966-70.<div><br></div><div>See pictures and click on pictures for details at our friend Richard Diehl's </div><div><a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/VTR-Museum_001.htm">http://www.labguysworld.com/VTR-Museum_001.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div>Here's a picture from the 320F showing the reels, holes and screw patterns. Note the Ampex 190 reel of tape on the machine</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/EV-320F_111.jpg">http://www.labguysworld.com/EV-320F_111.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>To answer your questions:</div><div><br></div><div>1: No</div><div><br></div><div>2: Yes, a decade (or is that DECKade) before Sony introduced the BVH-1000 which led to the development of SMPTE Type C. </div><div><br></div><div>That was the drive to make one format this new Sony development and Ampex's Type A format just after the Ampex VPR-1 was introduced with AST.</div><div><br></div><div>3: The BVH-1000 and Type C are Omega (almost full) wrap, while the EV and UV series were half-wrap machines. </div><div><br></div><div>Richard's website reports that the earlier machines used a different color recording system than the last-in-line UV-320, which used a color under scheme with a 688KHz subcarrier. (Where have we seen 688 before... :)</div><div><br></div><div>The EV and UV color systems were not compatible, and with the differences in wraps, neither would be playable on the BVH machines.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted<br><div><br></div><div><div><div>On Apr 18, 2011, at 1:05 PM, lee williams wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div><br>Question about old 1" Sony. </div> <div> </div> <div>Was cleaning out a old storage unit and found 20 Sony 1" tapes that have the old style 3 - 1/4" holes in the center for the reel. </div> <div> </div> <div>Can this tape be spooled to a newer reel and played on a BVH3000? </div> <div> </div> <div>I figure that this was probably before the C format. </div> <div> </div> <div>Just how different were the native Sony formats from what became C? </div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks. </div> <div> </div></td></tr></tbody></table>_______________________________________________<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><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="position: static; z-index: auto; "><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><div><br></div><div><br></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div></div></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 style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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-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: 0px; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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-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: 0px; "><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary</span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Skype: <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span>TedLangdell</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div></span></div></span></div></div> </div><br></div></div></body></html>