[QuadList] Time Base Correctors

[Don Norwood]

Hi Doug:

 "Modern" TBCs do not work with quad machines because they are not designed 
for segmented scan.  It's not that the quad errors are extreme, in fact they 
are not, but they are of a totally different nature than those of a 
non-segmented helical machine.

That being said, there were several models produced during the quad era that 
did work with quads, and Merlin Engineering modified at least three 
different models to work with quads.  List member Park Seward has one of 
those Merlin systems in operation.  You can see literature about some of the 
Merlin units on the Literature page of my website 
http://www.digitrakcom.com/ .

Don Norwood
Digitrak Communications, Inc.
www.digitrakcom.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <dbingley at bmts.com>
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Sent: Monday, December 07, 2009 8:53 PM
Subject: [QuadList] Time Base Correctors


> I'm curious to see if anyone has used a modern
> TBC "high up" in the signal chain of an older
> quad machine. Could use of a TBC do a better job
> than AMTEC and colortec (which of course were
> early TBC's) or would the more modern TBC's barf
> when looking at the extreme errors off of a Quad
> tape. I'm not advocating improper restoration of
> an older machine, but I wonder for those who do
> a lot of transferring if this would be a viable
> solution?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Doug
>
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>
>
>
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