[QuadList] Responding to: Excellent Exchange - Non-Contact Extraction of the Program from Quad Tape - Ampex non-moving head
allanmc-avtech at comcast.net
allanmc-avtech at comcast.net
Tue Feb 17 20:09:15 CST 2009
I'm aware of the VHS hi speed duplicators but will look at your links. Its all good information to have and I appreciate your interests in sharing it.
Allan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Norwood" <dwnorwood at embarqmail.com>
To: "Quad List" <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 10:41:32 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Responding to: Excellent Exchange - Non-Contact Extraction of the Program from Quad Tape - Ampex non-moving head
----- Original Message -----
From: <allanmc-avtech at comcast.net>
Quad.List,
- About the Ampex High Speed Duplicator. At Byron's Motion Pictures in
Washington, DC, we had one. In my experience running it I admit to being
fascinated by the manner in which the magnetic signal was transferred from
the Master tape to the Slave tapes as it passed through the Transfer
chambers. Would love to know more about the manner in which that occurred
especially since that section "Theory of Operation" in the Ampex manual was
blank!
Allan:
There are several different methods of contact duplication which were
"perfected" for mass duplication of VHS tapes. One system was made by Otari
and another by Sony. Both used mirror master tapes, but the systems were
not the same. I believe that Sony used an exciter field and Otari may have
been a thermal processs, but my memory is somewhat vague! I have hi-res
pics of both systems if you'd like to see what they looked like. The Sony
was a flatbed, the Otari was vertical.
The Sony system was called the Sprinter. The Otari was their TMD System
T-700.
Found a link to the product brochure for the Sony system:
http://www.storageheaven.com/downloads/sony%20sprinter%20vhs%20duplicator.pdf
Don
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