<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">That TBC is the same one I have in my 1200B.<div><br></div><div>Merlin did a very nice job in their refurbishment. They basically tore the machine down to the frame, straightened it, painted everything and then put it all together. A bit if re-wiring to remove the analog boxes and add the digital TBC.<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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Park Seward</div><div>Cell: 818-535-2747</div><div>Home: 541-476-6657</div><div>2" Quad and 1" "C" transfers</div><div>The Transfer Lab at Video Park</div><div>Visit us: <a href="http://www.videopark.com">http://www.videopark.com</a></div></span></div></span></div></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span></div></span></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 7, 2013, at 5:09 PM, Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>James O'Neal (who is on the QuadList) wrote a TV Technology article in 2008 as the LoC was beginning operations.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Story: <a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0110/digitizing-history/187665">http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0110/digitizing-history/187665</a></div><div><br></div><div>Photo link: <a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/Portals/4/james3_022112.jpg">http://www.tvtechnology.com/Portals/4/james3_022112.jpg</a></div></div><div><br></div><div>As you can see fom the picture below, there's a Merlin Ultrafurbed VR-2000 that QuadList member Ken Zin rebuilt some years earlier when the operation was in Washington DC.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>I believe this is the machine seen in the CBS story that aired last week. </div><div><img id="2b920db2-12ff-4fe1-b89b-fd530e28000a" height="317" width="450" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" style="-webkit-user-select: none; " src="cid:07F32143-A5D6-4687-9D99-5422885E798F@gateway.2wire.net"></div><div><br></div><div>QuadList member Allan McConnell was in charge of the Audio Visual Preservation Lab at the time, through September, 2008 when he retired. He described his career in a QuadList post <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><b>[QuadList] My Videotape Background </b>on Jan. 6. 2009.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px; "><br></span></div><div>Allan or Ken might be able to offer some insight into this machine. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div><div>On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:42 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=iso-8859-1"><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Ed,<div><br></div><div>According to the reel hold-down hubs, that 2k has been "Merlinized". If it has the 10 bit NEC TBC, I'd suggest it is making pictures as good as any AVR-1.<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Ed Reitan <<a href="mailto:ereitan@novia.net">ereitan@novia.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">Hi Guys,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">About a year ago, James O'Neal of Television
Technology contacted me. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">He wanted to know if I knew of an Ampex
AVR-1 that could be directed to the LOC.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">He was suggesting to them that
they should have an AVR- 1 in their restoration stable. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">I am truly surprised that the LOC is using
2000's instead of the much better performing AVR-1.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">Can we work together to get an AVR-1 to
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<div><font face="Arial" color="#000080">Ed Reitan</font></div>
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<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a title="quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com" href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">Quad List</a> </div>
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<div>On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:01 PM, <a href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">
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<div><br>CBS News just aired as their last story a segment on the LOC video
preservation project. They showed a VR-2000. The story even
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