<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">Hi, Christian,<div><br></div><div>Welcome to the group. Unfortunately, you replied directly to me, rather than the group.</div><div><br></div><div>Group messages should go to the <a href="mailto:QuadList@QuadVideotapeGroup.com">QuadList@QuadVideotapeGroup.com</a></div><div><br></div><div>So, try sending it again, but to that address.</div><div><br></div><div>As a former Ampexer, you might be interested in <a href="http://www.AmpexOldTimers.org">www.AmpexOldTimers.org</a>.</div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>It’s an outgrowth of the annual Ampex Oldtimers’ barbecue and picnic that the last of the original six VTR development engineers and his wife have been organizing for ?? 15 years or more.</div><div><br></div><div>Fred and JoAnn Pfost are getting on in years, and while active people, they were ready to pass on the responsibility for putting it together to someone else. </div><div><br></div><div>Members of the Quad Videotape Group have attended the barbecue for a number of years, and being at least a few years younger, took on the organization of the event, last year.</div><div><br></div><div>If you’re able to travel and want to attend, the event is on September 12, at Cuesta Park in Mountain View, near Redwood City.</div><div><br></div></blockquote>If you’d like, I can add you to the e-mail list for announcements, and when our “AmpexerList” is ready to use, you can communicate with other former Ampex employees who join.<br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote>So, please re-send your original “hello” to the <b>QuadList <<a href="mailto:QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com">QuadList@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>></b><br><div><br></div><div>Just copy and paste the part <b>in Bold</b> into the “To:” line and you’ll be set to go.</div><div><br></div><div>Looking forward to more posts about your time at Ampex and Panasonic. </div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br><div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); 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; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><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><div style="font-size: 14px; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br></font></div></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b>Ninth Annual Quad Videotape Group Lunch at NAB (2016):</b></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px; "><b>12:30pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, Las Vegas Convention Center</b></span></div></span>
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<br><div><div>On Aug 3, 2015, at 8:09 AM, Christian SKYNET <<a href="mailto:dumont.ztc@skynet.be">dumont.ztc@skynet.be</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="FR-BE" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Hello to the Quadgroup members.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">I spent all my carriere in the Broadcast Industry.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Started in 1967 with Ampex in Nivelles Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">First QC Engineer, FST for VR2000.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">I moved rather quickly to engineering dpt.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Made many trips to RWC and Colorado Springs.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Member of the VR1200S design team.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">In 1993 joined Panasonic Broadcast in Belgium.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Responsible for introduction of DVCPRO in Belgium, Luxembourg<br>and French speaking African countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Worked also for Studiotech (Systems provider) and EVS (Servers...)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Forced to retire in 2009 due to health problems.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Given trainings on Digital Video and Compression technology<br>to some European and African countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Best regards<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">Christian DUMONT<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">40 avenue des pommiers<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);">B-6110 Montigny-le-tilleul<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"><a href="mailto:dumont.ztc@skynet.be" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;">dumont.ztc@skynet.be</a><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(84, 141, 212);"> </span></div><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">De :</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ted Langdell [<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Envoyé :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>lundi 3 août 2015 11:33<br><b>À :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Quad List<br><b>Cc :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ted Langdell<br><b>Objet :</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Happy Seventh Anniversary of the QuadList--July 25, 2015 and Welcome new members--<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Howdy from a dry, hot and in some places, smoky California.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We’ve been busy and didn’t get a chance to note the Seventh Anniversary of the QuadList, which began on July 25, 2008 with a posting to an small group of folks.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Since our last tally earlier this year, <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We welcome new members:<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 5pt 0cm 5pt 30pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Howard Katz (July 25, by coincidence)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Maria Byington, Brazil if I’m not mistaken<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Marshall Wozniak, television collector and historian, Northern California<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Christian DUMONT (his e-mail address has it in caps) <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Richard Steele, HBO<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">J.C. Burns<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></blockquote><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Please take a moment or two and introduce yourselves!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">If you’re relatively new to the group and haven’t said “Hello” yet, please do. <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">A bit of background and where you’re located is nice, as other members that may be nearby may want to connect.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We’ll be in LA later this week, NYC/NJ the next and possibly the weekend in MA/NH, and then in Cleveland and Pittsburgh Aug. 17-25<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Hope this finds everyone in good health and spirits.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Happy August!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></div><div><div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ted</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 13pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ted Langdell</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secretary</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quad Videotape Group</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">e-mail:</span></span><span class="apple-tab-span"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span lang="EN-US">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</span></a></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ninth Annual Quad Videotape Group Lunch at NAB (2016):</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 9pt; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">12:30pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, Las Vegas Convention Center</span></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>