<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">How about February, 1972, six months before the ad pictured ran in the July 27, 1972 issue of Broadcasting magazine (and likely other publications.)<div><br></div><div>We mentioned the new service in a May 18, 2014 post about used VR-1200 prices in 1979 and provided a link to a B</div><div><br></div><div>The topic came up again in September when David Crosthwait provided links to RCA patents regarding a new head material.<div><br></div><div>Does anyone on the list have any RCA refurbished Ampex Mark X heads with "Alfecon II"</div><div><br><div>
<div style="font-size: 17px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3" style="font-size: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; ">Ted</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><br></span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Ted Langdell</span></font></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Secretary</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">e-mail:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre; "> </span><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></font></div>
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<br><div><div>On Dec 11, 2014, at 6:26 PM, Don Norwood via QuadList wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: small; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline">OK, it’s been a while since we had a quiz on the list. While looking for something else, I came across the following release from RCA about refurbished Ampex headwheels. I didn’t remember them offering that service. Anybody have any experience with them? Anyway, the quiz part is.....when did they start offering this?</span></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div></body></html>