<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Quad list member and Boland Communications LCD/OLED monitor company founder Mike Boland has donated $1000 to get the VR 1000B to NAB. </div><div><br></div><div>Richard Milton has donated $35. Park Seward has donated $100. Norm Herzog has donated $100. Chuck Conrad donated $50, and Glen Pensinger kicked it off with $50. </div><div><br></div><div>That's $1335 and $23,665 to go. </div><div><br></div><div>34 days left until Wednesday, March 30.<br><br>$696.02 needed per day to raise the total. Please share with your friends and broadcast colleagues.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/wmbtorg">https://www.gofundme.com/wmbtorg</a></div><div><br></div><div>And visit Mike in the Boland booth: SL4995</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://nab16.mapyourshow.com/7_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?ExhID=396&CFID=182736697&CFTOKEN=2d08dab5175884b5-8327B944-5056-9271-4E451899CCB44486">http://nab16.mapyourshow.com/7_0/exhibitor/exhibitor-details.cfm?ExhID=396&CFID=182736697&CFTOKEN=2d08dab5175884b5-8327B944-5056-9271-4E451899CCB44486</a></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks to all!</div><div><br><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 Mar 2, 2016, at 12:33 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"><div><div>Greetings on the first Hump-day in March!</div><div><br></div><div>There seems to be some confusion about the nature of the VR-1000B that the Museum of Broadcast Technology wants to display at NAB on the 60th Anniversary of Videotape.</div></div><div><br></div><div><b>About the VR-1000B involved in this NAB 2016 Display:</b></div><div><br></div><div>This post is to clarify:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>MBT has two VR-1000 models: The one they’d like to display at NAB which is seen here in Sept. 2013:</div><div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><DSC_2483.jpeg></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div></div><div><br></div><div>and another just to the right of this unit’s racks that uses VR-1200 electronics, which was posted about earlier this week.</div><div><br></div></blockquote></div><div><b>Confused?:</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Perhaps the confusion occurred when a photo of the machine with VR-1200 electronics was posted, but the poster but did not change the subject line or make clear which machine was involved.</div><div><br></div><div>A later series of posts attempted to do that including several that were sent by MBT co-founders who aren’t subscribed to the QuadList. Yet. </div><div><br></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>(See below for their comments and what I’m doing to subscribe them.)</div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div><br></div><div>Because of that, I’ve had some off-list e-mails from people who were confused. So this e-mails is an attempt to address that. </div><div><br></div></blockquote><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>Please make sure you DO change the subject line when taking a thread in another direction, and please DO try to caption pictures in such a way that it’s clear what’s pictured. </div><div><br></div><div><b>Ooopses happen, and I hope we can forgive them and do better moving forward. </b></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div><b>The machine to be displayed as it is now:</b></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;"><div>This photo shows the VR-1000B to be displayed in operation at MBT, with its two racks of tube electronics to the right of the transport:</div></blockquote><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></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><12799152_10153956202118166_8217335024342297710_n.jpeg></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"><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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