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It should also be progressive, and the output would be data at
whatever resolution desired...<br>
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Grace McKay<br>
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On 6/3/2012 3:01 PM, lee williams wrote:
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">If somebody
was going to redesign a new Quad (2") machine then I would
recommend that they borrow some of the latest technology
used in film and create a 2" tape scanner. </span></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"></span> </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Create a 2"
wide fixed magnetic head that would pick up the raw magnetic
image directly off the tape and store it as a set of digital
strings. </span></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"></span> </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Now all you
need to do is write a program that can recognize and
re-assemble the different signatures of the formats and spit
out a video image. </span></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">RCA, <span
id="misspell-0" class="mark">AMPEX<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var></span>,
<span id="misspell-1" class="mark">IVC</span>, BOSCH, NASA,
all could be reduced to a <span style="RIGHT: auto"
id="misspell-2"><span>algorithm</span></span> and loss of
control track or superficial tape damage could be
overlooked. </span></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"></span> </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">It would in
effect become the universal translator of 2" with no moving
head parts to wear out. </span></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"></span> </div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto"></span> </div>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Ted
<span id="misspell-2" class="mark">Langdell</span>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b>
Sunday, June 3, 2012 11:04 AM<br>
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Re: [QuadList] What Would a Newly Designed Quad <span
id="misspell-4" class="mark">VTR</span> Do and Have?
Reply by 6/15/2012- (Was <span id="misspell-5"
class="mark">Ampex</span> Quad <span id="misspell-6"
class="mark">VTR</span> Airflow Requirements)<br>
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<div>On Jun 2, 2012, at 1:20 PM, Don <span
id="misspell-7" class="mark">Norwood</span> wrote:</div>
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class="yiv1060828315Apple-style-span">I can
remember some spirited debates back "in the day"
over the virtues of one machine or another. I
always thought that both RCA and <span
id="misspell-8" class="mark">Ampex</span> had
their strong and weak points, and taking the best
of both would have made an interesting machine.
To some extent, that's what happened in the later
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<div>There is sometimes talk about building a "New" Quad
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<div>What would the end user want to have the machine
do, particularly as mass migration and <span
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collection about tape condition and content become
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