<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>I had wondered if a scanning technique would work. They are able to scan wax cylinders and then reconstruct the sound information, why not magnetic tape?</div><div><br></div><div>My idea would be a scanner not too unlike the quad acanner. It would need only one head and could work on the tape in a slower than real-time rate.</div><div><br></div><div>I think the software to reconstruct an image would probably be a massive challenge and the amount of raw data that would be collected in the scanning process would fill a datacenter, but what do I know. Might be easer to just build a new quad machine. :)</div><div><br></div><div>Scott Thomas</div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Jun 3, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Grace McKay wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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It should also be progressive, and the output would be data at
whatever resolution desired...<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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