<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>The Ampex sign is on the border of two pieces of property, one that now houses a Stanford Univ. medical facility, and the other a building that until just recently housed Ampex Data Systems, the successor to Ampex Corp.</div><div><br></div><div>Ampex has moved across the southern San Francisco Bay to Hayward, holding a ribbon cutting and grand opening the Friday of NAB week… which was the 60th Anniversary of the unveiling of the Ampex Mark V prototype Quad VTR at NARTB in 1956.</div><div><br></div><div>Details and several pictures here:</div><div><a href="http://www.hayward-ca.gov/discover/news/may16/ampex-data-systems-corporation-relocates-hayward">http://www.hayward-ca.gov/discover/news/may16/ampex-data-systems-corporation-relocates-hayward</a></div><div><br></div><div>The move consolidates Ampex’s operations. Several were already in Hayward.</div><div><br></div><div>We were asked to help with vetting some information for documents used in conjunction with the ribbon cutting. </div><div><br></div><div>Members of the Quad Videotape Group have been assisting with the annual Ampex OldTimers Barbecue, which enables Ampexers from its days as a major player in Audio, Video, Instrumentation and Data recording to mingle. </div><div><br></div><div></div></body></html>