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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>It seems like a company like Google would be in a position to partner some way with the government They would help host the video library<br>in exchange for the monies needed to digitize the collection.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This may have been discussed before. I am a new comer to the list. I did get the chance and a privilege to work on the VR1200, 2000 and ACR-25 machines.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(I keep meaning to make a ring tone out of the ACR-25 video that’s online)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hopefully if someone like Google provided the money they could also describe the machines and history before it is lost. It is too bad the Ampex document collection is not online.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think they 18 billion in their endowment fund. One would think that they would use this to also further education and the spread of history. It seems like they are in to make money to get access to the material.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I was picking up a consulting engineer a few years back from Florida and we drove past Redwood City and he saw the Ampex sign and said Who’s Ampex. Now you know you’re getting old. He is involved in Digital Video multiplexing and Encryption and designing FPGA’s and didn’t know the history at all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Keep looking for solution pass the word tell people what you need and would like to do. Their could be a Rainbow Connection out there to help pull this through.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Regards Norman Gillaspie <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>