<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>On this page, <a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm">http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm</a> Richard says:</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Times; "><b>"I have been informed, by an informed source, that these cassettes are standardized and interchangeable."</b></span></div><div><br></div><div>which seems at odds with the fact that an RCA cassette would not have any mechanics to open the protective flaps if it was somehow parked in an Ampex ACR-25.</div><div><br></div><div>Maybe he meant the tape inside was basically interchangeable... if spooled out of the housing. ??</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><div><br></div><div><div>On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi, Steve,</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm">http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm</a></div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.labguysworld.com/RCA_QuadCart_006.jpg">http://www.labguysworld.com/RCA_QuadCart_006.jpg</a></div><div><br></div><div>Another view of Ampex carts:</div><div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcburns/2472851493/">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcburns/2472851493/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps with the identification.</div><div><br></div><div>You'll get some idea of what's required to spool the tape onto reels from folks on the list who have done that, although I seem to recall the subject appearing on the list at some point in time.</div><div><br></div><div>Ted</div><br><div><div>On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Steve Greene wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">Hi everyone,</div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">I just ran across a few quad carts in a collection I'm inventorying. I'm assuming they can be spooled off onto spot reels for transfer. Is this correct?</div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">For curiousity sake, were Ampex and RCA carts the same form factor?</div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">Thanks,</div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; "> </div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">Steve Greene<br>Archivist<br>Office of Presidential Libraries</div><div style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">National Archives and Records Administration<br>(301) 837-1772</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Segoe UI'; font-size: 13px; ">______________</span></blockquote></div><br><div>
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