<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><p>The Ampex equivalent was IDA but I don't remember what the acronym stood for. I worked at the CBS affiliate in Madison Wis and the lone ACR-25 had IDA but possibly not from day one. The IDA displayed two lines of text in the video and was 10 -15 chars each. I don't remember the data entry method either. Getting old is not good. </p><p><br></p><p>The Madison machine also had the Studio Film and Tape Exchange DOM-5 (Diagnostic Online Monitor) to flag errors. The shop was 15 feet from the ACR and I'd sometimes hear a load error and be in front of the machine before the computer beeped its error. <br></p><p><br></p><p>Glenn Gundlach (G²)</p><br>--- On <b>Sat, 11/5/11, Dennis Degan <i><DennyD1@verizon.net></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Dennis Degan
<DennyD1@verizon.net><br>Subject: Re: [QuadList] TCR-100 EPIS<br>To: garyada@ix.netcom.com, "Quad List" <quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com><br>Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 9:00 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail"><br> On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Gary Adams wrote:<br><br>> I should add, the EPIS data was recorded as a short audio burst much like time code right after the SOM (Start of Message). Once the deck passed this. I'm sure the ACR-25 was a bit more elegant in this area.<br><br> I say:<br><br> I worked with both. I never saw or maintained an ACR-25 that was equipped with Ampex's EPIS-like system (I don't even remember its name). And the only EPIS-equipped TCRs I ever worked with were those at NBC.<br><br> Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank<br> NBC Today Show, New
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