<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">We had the 7800's (2) at NTSU. They were constantly up on the service kit, almost full time. One other student and I learned on our own how to change the video head and fix the other problems. The movable guides meant a new interchange standard on every recording. Years later when I heard that the Sony 2000 would have movable guides, I said "Well that will never work!". Since Sony was involved in that design, it worked perfectly (precision machining had improved greatly by 1981). The 7800 style movable guides were a thing of the past. Now with our 1" type A transfers today (some on the VPR-1, some on 7000 series decks) , I am reliving those memories again. <div><br></div><div>In regard to remotes and the 7800, the machines and Ampex vidicon cameras were used on football and basketball games in a converted travel trailer around North Texas where they could find AC to run the equipment. Fortunately I missed those excursions.<br><div><br></div><div><div>
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<br><div><div>On Feb 14, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Dave Sieg wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">Very interesting background on the 7000 series!<div>The first VTR I ever saw was the 7000 in the roll-around cart, </div><div>Dobyns-Bennett High School had 2 of them and Gary Smith</div><div>kept them running well.</div><div>
Then I got a job working for a cable origination station and we had</div><div>to lug around a 7800, switcher, audio mixer and 2 GE cameras</div><div>to shoot "The Lonesome Valley Jamboree" at the old Gem Theatre</div>
<div>in Kingsport, TN on Saturday nights and "Wrasslin" at the National</div><div>Guard armory on Wed nights. My back still aches from lugging</div><div>that thing up stairs!</div><div>Later, in college we had 3 IVC machines, 300 or 400 series.</div>
<div>They were fine except for that big gaping floating dropout!</div><div>I had always heard that IVC was started by some former-Ampex guys.</div><div>Always wondered about that.</div><div>Thanks for the info!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<br></div>-- <br>Dave Sieg<br><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/davesieg" target="_blank">www.linkedin.com/in/davesieg</a><br><a href="http://www.davesieg.com/" target="_blank">www.davesieg.com</a><br><a href="http://www.scanimate.net/" target="_blank">www.scanimate.</a>com<br>
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