[QuadList] Check out Vintage Quadruplex VTR Headwheel RCA TRTQuad- eBay (item 23025235

[Ed Reitan]

Hi Ted,

Attached is an insignia I was given with the AMPEX company name and the AMPEX "VideoTape" trademark and logo.
It is 4 1/2- inches wide and quite thick with deep engraving.  I was told it was from a VR-1000 but cannot confirm.

I wanted to send the image to the group but don't know if attachments are possible or if there is a separate binaries group.  How can this be done?

When RCA invited Ginsburg and company to RCA, Ampex was shocked to see their machine playing back in color.

Ampex in their lust for the color solution immediately signed the agreement that put RCA in the VTR (Ampex trademark) business and created a competitor to Ampex.

Ed Reitan
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ted Langdell 
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  Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:07 PM
  Subject: Re: [QuadList] Check out Vintage Quadruplex VTR Headwheel RCA TRTQuad- eBay (item 23025235


  On Jan 28, 2009, at 3:52 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:


    Also, did RCA purchase patents from Ampex or was it a trade for RCA's transistor technology?



  Ampex and Sony did a deal that related to Sony's transistor experience.


  There are documents about what happened over time with that situation.  Some think it didn't work to Ampex's long-term benefit.


  Perhaps that's among the reasons the current company has been rather aggressive about protecting its patents, among them ones that are used in digital cameras, both still and moving image... DV included.


  Those are likely to expire soon, and the company will not have income from them.


  Ted


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