<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;"><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 12px;"></div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><b>What this VR-1000B is equipped with:</b></div><div><br></div><div>Tom Sprague advised in a non-list communication that <b>this machine for NAB has what was “native” to the VR-1000 series</b>:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>“One thing I should make clear is that we did NOT modify the machine for color operation."</div><div><br></div><div>Yes, the original VR-1000B could not do "direct color," but the official Ampex upgrade path was to install Intersync, Amtec, and Colortec. </div><div><br></div><div>That is what was done at some time in the past, maybe 1964 or 1965? The machine came all wired and all modified for these accessories. </div><div><br>The machine was in service at least until 1975, so it operated as a color machine for most of its life. <br><br>Tom"</div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div><b>Regarding the “other” machine, Tom advised:</b></div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br><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"</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>MBT co-founder Jay Ballard replied to the post containing the picture of the “other” machine," (which didn’t go out to the QuadList because he’s not yet subscribed.)</div><div><br></div><div>In the message CC'd to the poster Jay's MBT colleagues and myself, he said:<br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><font size="2">Tom has worked tirelessly to get the 1000B working w/o complete documentation. It eventually locks up and plays LBC with AMTEC and Colortec.. We are desperate for an Ampex tube Intersync drawing, V6</font></div><div><font size="2"> </font></div><div><font size="2">I had to rebuild the WFMs, PIXM, and 5 250 V 1 Amp PSUs in between camera repairs. BTW, it is not the VTR in the picture, but it is to the left of that VTR.</font></div><div><font size="2"> </font></div><div><font size="2">Tom deserves the Order of the Iron Test Pattern for his hard work. Me, the John Frishette award for boozing.</font></div><div><font size="2"> </font></div><div><font size="2">Jay Ballard</font></div></blockquote></div></blockquote><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><br></font></div></font></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><b><span style="font-size: 12px;">Note: (I am attempting to subscribe all four MBT correspondents to the QuadList, as their replies have been held as non-subscribers. However the admin access right now is not behaving properly. Bad caps? Off frequency? Will try again later from a different device.)</span></b></blockquote><div><div><br></div><b>Donating:</b><br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"> </span></div></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0px;">Getting this example of the first model of video tape recorder to NAB for the 60th anniversary of the unveiling of commercially successful video tape can be achieved if you and 991 other people contribute $25 or more.</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">QuadList and long-time engineer, SMPTE Member and author Glen Pensinger kicked the drive off with a $50 contribution on Sunday. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">Chuck Conrad followed with $50 on Monday. </div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">And 18 hours ago, former Ampex “old timer” and Quad guy Norm Herzog gave $100.</div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px;">So there’s only $24,800 to go. </div><div><div style="margin: 0px;"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px;">The Museum needs to have funds in hand by March 30.</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">33 people a day making a $25 contribution</div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">15 people a day making a $50 donation or </div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">8.26 people a day giving $100</div></blockquote></blockquote><font color="#141923"><div><font color="#141923"><br></font></div><div><font color="#141923"><b>Where to donate:</b></font></div><br></font><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">The clock is ticking and Museum of Broadcast Technology has reactivated its GoFundMe page:</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 89, 152);"><br></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(59, 89, 152);"><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/wmbt.org">https://www.gofundme.com/wmbt.org</a></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><font color="#141923"><div><br></div><b>What you can do in addition to funding this project:</b></font><div><font color="#141923"><b><br></b></font><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">Please share this with your friends and colleagues, the broadcast engineering and technology societies of which you may be a member. </div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">Pass the hat at your March organization meetings, (or pass around an iPad set to the go fund me page, so individuals can make contributions while your meeting is in progress.) </div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">At the least, print out a flyer with this information. (I’ll try to devise a PDF and post it to the list.)</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">Use your Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) to spread the word.</div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">Your contributions are tax-deductible, and will be recognized by the Museum of Broadcast Technology, and by the Quad Videotape Group which is helping the fundraising effort.</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);">The Museum of Broadcast Technology has been bringing equipment to NAB since 2013, beginning with the smallest quad machine you've ever seen, the Ampex VR – 3000. In 2014, they brought an RCA TP-10 portable Quad. </div></div><div style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(20, 25, 35);"><br></div></blockquote><font color="#141923">Your help will make it more likely that there’s a Quad machine at NAB on the 60th Anniversary of the unveiling of videotape.</font></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><font color="#141923"><br></font></div><div><font color="#141923">These machines provided work for engineers, employment for television production staff, Ampex employees and their parts manufacturers, and improved the quality of what television viewers have seen since 1956… particularly on the West Coast and then world-wide.</font></div></blockquote><div><br>Thanks for your time, interest and help moving this machine from Woonsocket, Rhode Island to Las Vegas and back. </div><div><br></div><div>It will certainly give us all something to talk about and marvel at during the Quad Videotape Group Annual Lunch at NAB at 12:30pm, Tuesday, April 19, 2016.</div><div><br></div><div>And a working backdrop for oral histories about your experiences with VR-1000s and other Quad machines.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!<br><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br></div></blockquote><div apple-content-edited="true">
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