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<DIV>ok! then ivc is not type A</DIV>
<DIV>it is its own format huh?</DIV>
<DIV>(In at case I hope it was really done on somethin else than an
IVC!)</DIV>
<DIV>Ed#</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/16/2014 12:25:34 P.M. Mountain Standard Time,
dave@zfx.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>Any tape made on an IVC 1" machine will definitely not play on an Ampex
5100...<BR></DIV>completely different format, head drum size, #heads, tape
speed, etc etc etc.<BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Don - Well if we never getting it working that
is ok too as we have an Ampex camera that is a nice match
for it... the TelePrompTer 1 inch
tape was supposedly done on a IVC
so we will try that. </DIV>
<DIV>If it works that is great as we have no budget for
outside services to convert it! So fingers are
crossed! </DIV>
<DIV>Ed#</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 5/16/2014 11:41:05 A.M. Mountain Standard Time,
<A>dwnorwood@digitrakcom.com</A> writes:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>I agree with many of the comments on this thread, and to
be sure, the answer to Ed's question comes with many qualifiers. The
primary reason that we use VPR-7900's for recovery of Type-A tapes is
their ability to handle all three variants of the format's carrier
frequencies. I believe the 5100 is low band only which was intended
only for black and white, but since the Ampex format was direct record,
you can still recover color from the lowband tapes if they contain color
material. Obviously not the best situation, but possible.
Tapes recorded in hi-band or very-high-band will not reproduce properly on
a low-band machine.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>Regarding interchange, there's no doubt that the movable
guides were a bad design. However, our experience has shown that
many of the interchange problems were the result of incorrect adjustment
of the machines more often than "naturally occurring" changes in the guide
path. Because this was originally a "non-broadcast" format, much of
its use was in educational or industrial applications, and generally with
un-trained operators. My favorite example was a tape we received
from a large university. It begins with no video, but on the audio
track, you hear "Hey Bill, how do you work this thing?". Then the
machine was obviously stopped, and when it was re-started, there was
video, recorded with a setup level of about 70%! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=3>The challenges of recovering Type-A tapes can be
significant, and we have even done custom modifications when required for
special problems if the budget was available. When the tapes are
good, the quality, especially from the VHB tapes can be excellent, but
that is certainly the exception rather than the rule. Bottom line
is, we're talking about a format developed in the mid 60's, and a lot has
changed since then!</FONT></DIV>
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