<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Thanks for correcting and amplifying the details regarding this particular unit.<br><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ted</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Ted Langdell</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Secretary, Quad Videotape Group</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">(530)301-2931</span></div><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch.</span><br><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div></div><div><br>On Feb 29, 2016, at 6:31 AM, Tom Sprague <<a href="mailto:trs02446@verizon.net">trs02446@verizon.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Yes Ted. David is pictured with the VR-1000HB. This is a VR-1000B converted to high band with VR-1200 components by Ampex of Canada. The conversion was offered as a kit. </div><div><br></div><div>We have had that one working for a while. </div><div><br></div><div>Tom <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Feb 28, 2016, at 10:18 PM, Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252">That’s an interesting "VR-1000."<div><br></div><div>Looks like the one that that Tom (Sprague) and Pete (Fasciano) “created” from the 1000 transport and system from—if I recall correctly—a VR-1200. You can just see the signal system electronics below the control panel.</div><div><br></div><div>My recollection is that the VR-1000B they’ve been working was to the left of that, when I visited.</div><div><br></div><div>MBT has quite a collection of equipment… some stock and some pretty custom.</div><div><br></div><div><div>Hope folks pitch in to get the VR-1000B to Las Vegas.</div><div><br></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Feb 25, 2016, at 8:02 PM, David Crosthwait via QuadList <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div 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; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>From: </b></span>David Crosthwait <<a href="mailto:david@dcvideo.com">david@dcvideo.com</a>><br><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Re: [QuadList] 60th anniversary of Quad video tape: Help get a VR-1000B to NAB</b><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">February 25, 2016 at 8:01:12 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Pete Fasciano <<a href="mailto:imagenda@aol.com">imagenda@aol.com</a>>, Tom Sprague <<a href="mailto:trs02446@verizon.net">trs02446@verizon.net</a>>, Paul Beck <<a href="mailto:Paul_Beck@emerson.edu">Paul_Beck@emerson.edu</a>>, Jay Ballard <<a href="mailto:TK41C@aol.com">TK41C@aol.com</a>><br></span></div><br><br>Yes, how 'bout that VR-1000?<div><br></div><div></div><span><VR1000RI.jpeg></span><div><br><div><br></div></div></div></blockquote><VR1000RI.jpeg><blockquote type="cite"><div 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; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><div><br><div><div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><font class="Apple-style-span">Best Regards,<br><br>David Crosthwait<br>DC Video<br></font></div><div>Preservation Level Videotape Transfers and More!<br><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br>Offices located at:<br>3071 North Lima St.<br>Burbank, CA. 91504<br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><a href="http://www.dcvideo.com/news/">http://www.dcvideo.com/news/</a><br><br><a href="mailto:david@dcvideo.com">david@dcvideo.com</a><br><a href="http://dcvideo.com/">http://dcvideo.com/</a><br>Follow DC Video on Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dcvideo">https://www.facebook.com/dcvideo</a></font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="2">Follow DC Video on YouTube: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/dcvideoonline">http://www.youtube.com/user/dcvideoonline</a><br></font></div><div><br></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div><br><div><div>On Feb 25, 2016, at 12:15 PM, Ted Langdell via QuadList wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><br><br><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit;">Ted Langdell <<a href="mailto:Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit;">February 25, 2016 12:15:45 PM PST<br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit;">Quad List <<a href="mailto:quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com">quadlist@quadvideotapegroup.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Cc:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit;">Tom Sprague <<a href="mailto:trs02446@verizon.net">trs02446@verizon.net</a>>, "Paul R. Beck" <<a href="mailto:Paul_Beck@emerson.edu">Paul_Beck@emerson.edu</a>>, Jay Ballard <<a href="mailto:TK41C@aol.com">TK41C@aol.com</a>>, Pete Fasciano <<a href="mailto:imagenda@aol.com">imagenda@aol.com</a>><br></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><b>Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: inherit;"><b>60th anniversary of Quad video tape: Help get a VR-1000B to NAB</b><br></span></div><br><br>This April marks the 60th anniversary of the introduction of the first successful video tape recorder at the National Association of Radio and Television Broadcasters in Chicago, Illinois.<br><br>The machine created quite a stir and ushered in a whole raft of technological changes for television production and viewership.<br><br>Because of the work of dedicated engineers, here's a chance you'll be able to see and touch a working Ampex VR-1000B at NAB... IF enough funding can be raised to make the trip from Rhode Island.<br><br>Founders at the Museum of Broadcast Technology in Woonsocket, Rhode Island (some of whom are also on the QuadList and attend our annual luncheon at 12:30 on Tuesday at NAB ) have restored a tube type Ampex VR-1000B and added some color features.<br><br>I've seen this machine waiting for work during visits to the museum, and am pleased that it's now working.<br><br>Quad Video Tape Group member James O'Neal has an article in Television Technology about what it will take to get this machine to Las Vegas.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Can you help raise funds? It's a tax-deductible donation. Read more here:<br><br><a href="http://www.tvtechnology.com/opinions/0004/museum-seeks-aid-in-getting-vintage-vtr-to-nab-show/278008">http://www.tvtechnology.com/opinions/0004/museum-seeks-aid-in-getting-vintage-vtr-to-nab-show/278008</a><br><br>If you are able to make a donation please do, and let them know how you heard about it.<br><br>Between this group, the OldVTRs list, SMPTE, SBE, and maybe Ampex Old Timers, (or perhaps Ampex Data Systems, the successor to Ampex Corporation) this could be done.<br><br>It would only take 1000 people donating 25 bucks apiece to make it happen.<br><br>I hope folks from the Quad Videotape Group can help.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Ted<br><br>Ted Langdell<br>Secretary, Quad Videotape Group<br><a href="mailto:Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com">Ted@quadvideotapegroup.com</a><br>(530)301-2931<br><br>Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch.<br><br><br><br><br>______________________________________________<br>Please trim posts to relevant info when replying.<br><br>Change subject to reflect thread direction. 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