[QuadList] AMPEX Mark Ten 5 mil head

[Pappas, Lydia]

I have several hundred Quad tapes which, as far as I can find out, look
like they are all recorded at 7 1/2. They are causing me problems trying
to get them transferred, over here in the UK. They are educational
recordings and I am wondering if they were recorded that way to save
money on tape - is this probable?

Lydia 'the lurker'

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Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2009 05:15:30 -0000
From: "Dale Lamm" <dlamm1 at neo.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] AMPEX Mark Ten 5 mil head
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[snip]

Back in the day, I saw very few 7 1/2 ips recordings that were not low
band...but of course, most of my quad experience back then was in
educational television.

[end]

First time I saw 7.5 IPS in use was in the late 70's at a cable company
head end. HBC on a TR-600, might have been Warner Brothers ownership.
The operator said they could get an entire feature movie on a "90
minute" roll of tape. Since there was just one TR-600, reel changes
would have been a problem.




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