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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I have just completed restoring our IVC 960. Picture looks significantly better than the 800 models. It’s the only IVC 1” machine I have that will play 1.5 hrs.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>P.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> QuadList [mailto:quadlist-bounces@quadvideotapegroup.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>mike@bolandcom.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 20, 2014 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Quad List<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [QuadList] 1970 3M Industrial Tape Sales Sheet coming soon<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p>The IVC 900 (& 960 editing machine) were highband (7.06-10 MHz) tension-servoed<o:p></o:p></p><p>machines that would accomodate large reels for 1.5 hour programs. Used with the <o:p></o:p></p><p>DOC and "wide" window (40 µs?) 4102 analog TBC, the machine gave better playback<o:p></o:p></p><p>performance than many contemporary quad recordings. (Many, maybe most, quads <o:p></o:p></p><p>at the time did not have Velcomp or Autochroma to fix guide-position errors caused <o:p></o:p></p><p>during recording.)<o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><p>I had the pleasure (!) of working with the first two On-Air 900s at KFTY in Santa Rosa<o:p></o:p></p><p>in 1972-73, one on in the truck, and one in the studio. Not much publicity given to <o:p></o:p></p><p>that 1st roll-out status, as it was more of a beta site than anything! At least IVC was<o:p></o:p></p><p>less than 2 hours away!<o:p></o:p></p><p><br>mike b<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>______________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p><br><br><br>On Tue, 20 May 2014 09:54:11 -0700, Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div id=html-message><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ding!  Ding! Ding! Ding! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Don is the winner! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'll post the sheets later today, I hope.  Will send link to the list.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers! <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ted<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On May 20, 2014, at 9:06 AM, Don Norwood wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ted:<br><br>I didn't see anyone else answer your question, so...... IVC 900 series is the answer.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>And this fits into the discussion about IVC vs Ampex. The 900 series was more advanced than the 800 & 700 series, and was more on a level with the VPR-7900 series. When comparing the "formats", you have to be careful to compare both the format itself and the particular machine model being used.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Don Norwood<br>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<br><a href="http://www.digitrakcom.com/">www.digitrakcom.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>----- Original Message ----- <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#E4E4E4'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com" title="ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted Langdell</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b>Trivia question:  </b>Can anyone tell what machine a 12.5" reel of Scotch 361-1-7500-VRB was used on?<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-left:30.0pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal>The tape was sold two reels per carton at $213 per reel in 1970. An empty reel was $17.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Clue:  The same machine would play reels of 361-1-1075-R139B and 361-1-2150-R139B if they were recorded on other machines that used the same format. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>These smaller reels were $34.55 and $45.30 per reel in cartons of five.<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class=MsoNormal>______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br><br>Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Ted</span></span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><br><br></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Ted Langdell</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Secretary</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Skype: </span></span><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>TedLangdell</span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>e-mail:</span></span><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><span class=apple-style-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></span><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Seventh Annual Quad Videotape Group Dinner at AMIA:  7pm, Tuesday, October 7. 2014, Savannah, Georgia</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Eighth Annual Quad Videotape Group Lunch at NAB:  12:30pm on Tuesday, April 14, 2015, Las Vegas Convention Center</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></div><p class=MsoNormal><br>______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br><br>Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks.<br>_______________________________________________<br><br>Send QuadList list posts to <a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here:<br><a href="http://webmail.bolandcom.com/hwebmail/services/go.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmail.quadvideotapegroup.com%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fquadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com" target="_blank">http://mail.quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com</a><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>