[QuadList] Computer Editing

[Scott Thomas]

When I worked at WFTX-TV, in 1990, we had a CMX Edge with a massive 50  
event memory! There were a few problems though.

We didn't have any way to save EDLs. No floppy or tape drive.
Once the 50 event memory was full, it would start erasing the oldest  
events.
We would carefully write down on paper all of the time-codes to have  
something to go back to later.
The ballistics of the more modern Betacam SP and Oxide machines were  
sometimes too much for the edge to handle.
(The photos of the system on the manual showed it working with BVU-200s)

Sadly, the VR-1200s were already gone when I arrived there, but the  
ruts across the epoxy studio floor from when they were rolled out are  
probably still there. :)

Scott Thomas

On Jul 24, 2009, at 11:16 PM, W4wj at aol.com wrote:

> Hi Park...
>
> Ouch!!  That would certainly get old!!
>
> Our EDM-1 system could do an auto assemble of as many lines as you
> had on your EDL...  We did a lot of station promos from templates
> that we saved to floppy!!   ;-)
>
> Don Murray
> Retired from 40 years in Miami Television
> 35+ years at WTVJ NBC O&O
>

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