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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Just joined QuadList as I'm now the proud owner
of an Ampex Mk-XX Quad head. Good ol' eBay!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I've always been something of an Ampex fan. I
grew up in the south of England during the '60s. There was a
recreation ground right next to Southern Television's newly-built
colour studios and, already interested in audio tape recorders and electronics
in general, I would often peer through the window at their
VR-2000Bs and ACR-25 as I sat on my bike in the early '70s.</FONT></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I joined BBC Television in 1979 and by 1983 I
was helping maintain </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>VPR-2Bs and AVR-2s
at the Lime Grove, London studios. I attended a 3-week Ampex course on the
VPR-2B and TBC-2B in 1985.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>More on the Mk-XX another time, meanwhile I'm
restoring a VPR-80 and TBC-40. Fortunately I have all the manuals, etc -
but one thing bothers me: the 2764 Eproms on the Control and Servo
PWAs. Bearing in mind this is a 625 PAL machine, does anyone have details
of the firmware? Maybe you still have some relevant FEBs? P/ns
are:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN lang=EN></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2
face=Arial>Control: 1473013, ...14, ...15, ...16 (-01 v3.0 is fitted
but there is a later -03 v3.3)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN lang=EN-GB><FONT size=2><FONT face=Arial>Servo: <FONT
size=2><FONT size=2><SPAN lang=EN-GB>1472974, ...990 (-01
</FONT></FONT><FONT size=2>v3.0 fitted)</FONT></FONT></SPAN><FONT
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I'll remove the Eproms and read/copy in due course
but some reassurance that the data they hold is intact after almost 30 years -
or that the firmware is available elsewhere - would be welcome.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>(...and anyone have any C-Format PAL heads they no
longer need?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I know this isn't strictly Quad stuff but I will be
posting re the Mk-XX soon.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Steve</FONT></DIV>
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