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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I just listed a great historical booklet on eBay
(321108231856) by 3M touting the advanced stage of mechanical videotape editing
(1961). Along with a lot of great pix and stories from ABC, NBC, CBS -
KTLA to KOA to WCCO, it mentioned a system by Paramount Television Productions
called TVola. There is one pix of a guy sitting in front of 4 monitors
that were storage CRTs that could hold a still image for as long as 25 minutes.
The text stated that it allowed for single frame accuracy; a precision that was
hard to come by in the razor-blade days. I have never heard of it.
Does anyone have any more info about how TVola was supposed to work in
operation? </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>FYI - the booklet also describes
in great detail how the cue track was used to define edit points manually
in the days before electronic splicing, TEP, and Editec! I would have
loved to have been a part of all that but alas... born too late!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>J. Mitch Hopper<BR>Custom Video Systems
Co.<BR>Rochester, IL<BR>217-498-8438<BR><A
href="mailto:id@brainmist.com">id@brainmist.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It's been lovely but I have to scream
now.<BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>