[QuadList] History - what is the REAL story

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actually in the early days i do know  rca was  one of the leaders  in hf 
tech  for transistors....   it was a big problem....   for fun look at the  
specs on some of the early bell lab  units   like the m1752 grown junction 
uint...blaaah!   nasty early stuff
 
 
see  _www.smecc.org_ (http://www.smecc.org) 
 
In a message dated 4/23/2009 8:25:01 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,  
trandoc at aol.com writes:

Folks,

I had heard that RCA invented the air bearing headwheel  and this is 
what Ampex wanted. Any  comments?

Regards,
Harold


-----Original  Message-----
From: Don Norwood <dwnorwood at embarqmail.com>
To: Quad  List <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Thu, 23 Apr 2009 7:34  pm
Subject: Re: [QuadList] History - what is the REAL  story









----- Original Message  -----
From: "C. Park Seward" 


> Perhaps some of  you can point to the true stories. 

> 

> Story  one: 

> 

> Ampex, having developed a way to  record color on quad, needed the 

> transistor technlogy tjhat  RCA had abd RCA nedded the Ampex patents 

> for color. So they  did a parent swap with RCA getting color and Ampex 

> getting  transistor technology. 

> 

> Some think the  transistor technology was actually gotten from  Sony. 

> 

> Time frame should be around 1958 or  so. 


Hi Park: 


I certainly have no  first hand knowledge, but --somewhere--, I think I 
have
a copy of some  correspondence from one of the Ampex guys that was 
there.
Perhaps Tim  could ask Charlie Anderson what he knows about it.  Anyway,  
I
didn't think that it had anything to do with the transistor, but  rather 
that
Ampex needed RCA color technology and RCA needed Ampex's  videotape
technology.  The only thing I=2
0can find at the moment  that supports this 
is
the following: 


>From  the industry briefs part of the January 1958 Radio & TV  News: 

"RCA and Ampex Corporation have signed an agreement for the  exchange of
patent licenses covering 

video tape recording and  reproducing systems for both black-and-white  
and
color." 





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