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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'>Hi Don,<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'>I have an AVR2 with the wedge. However the control panel seems to be the same as my other flat AVR2 machines.<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'>The wedge I have is definitely a add on.<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'>The wedge makes it much easier to thread up tape on the machine. Especially if you have a back problem.<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'>Pat<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><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Pat Shevlin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Director of Technology<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>The MediaPreserve<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>A Division of<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Preservation Technologies L.P<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>111 Thomson Park Drive<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Cranberry Township, Pa. 16066<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'><a href="mailto:pshevlin@themediapreserve.com"><span style='color:#4F81BD'>pshevlin@themediapreserve.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Office: 724-779-2111<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Poor Richard","serif";color:#4F81BD'>Cell: 724-991-9135<o:p></o:p></span></b></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'><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"'> Don Norwood [mailto:quadlist@digitrakcom.com] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 19, 2015 11:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: AVR 2 Questons for machines near end of run<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hi Chris:<br><br>I can answer some of this....<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>As to the A/D convertor, the the engineering drawings are dated ‘79 and ‘80.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The sloped transport was easy to do with the design of the Ampex “cart” that the deck sits in. Add a wedge or some type of support bracket and you could have the transport sloped very easily, but I don’t think it was a factory offering.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The picture on David’s site is from one of the vtoldboys webpages <a href="http://www.vtoldboys.com/hw1970.htm" title="http://www.vtoldboys.com/hw1970.htm">http://www.vtoldboys.com/hw1970.htm</a> and is of a BBC machine taken in the late 90’s. My guess is that the control panel was a BBC special product. It certainly is very different from the several standard panels available from Ampex.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Don Norwood<br>Digitrak Communications, Inc.<br><a href="http://www.digitrakcom.com">www.digitrakcom.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <a href="mailto:Chill315@aol.com" title="Chill315@aol.com">Chill315@aol.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Perhaps Bill Carpenter will be the expert on this one.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>David Dean in Great Britain has an AVR 2 with the TRW A to D chip instead of the original A to D boards. I also looked at the picture that he has on line showing the machine. There was a different control panel layout. see <a href="http://www.westpoint.tv">www.westpoint.tv</a> for the pictures<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>So when did Ampex change the A to D design to the TRW chip? How many were made with this?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>When did the control panel change to place the meters on the left side? <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>I have seen pictures of a number of machines that have the deck tilted at an angle. Was this an Ampex option or did this become standard on later machines?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Or are these things making this a one off machine?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Chris Hill<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>WA8IGN<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>