[QuadList] Post a message and get a good story with TR-70 in action

[Guy Spiller]

Damn, there's ANOTHER one.... I thought I had 'em all!  LOL
Another C too, although with a few monitoring "mods" here and there.  
I'm suddenly feeling a kindred spirit with my brothers down south....
Ted, did you invite them to join the quad group?
Guy
www.GuySpiller.com

Ted Langdell wrote:
> I had posted a notice about the AMIA Conference and our Quad dinner to 
> the Telecine Internet Group at the same time as my post to the QuadList.
>
> Just into my e-mail box is this message from Ian Richardson, who 
> attached a photo of a TR-70 in action at the Australian National Film 
> and Sound Archive in Canberra.
>  
> Here's his e-mail to me... and an invitation for Ian and his mate 
> George to join the fun and see your replies by subscribing to the 
> QuadList here:
> http://quadvideotapegroup.com/DiscussionListInformation.htm
>
> Never know when someone may need his Smith Splicer or a trained hand 
> to use it :)
>
> Ian:  Any chance the Xmas reel will see the light of YouTube or 
> another world-wide venue?
>
> Ted.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> *From: *"Ian Richardson" <irichardson at cuttingedge.com.au 
>> <mailto:irichardson at cuttingedge.com.au>>
>> *Date: *October 15, 2009 3:37:32 PM PDT
>> *To: *"Ted Langdell" <ted at tedlangdell.com <mailto:ted at tedlangdell.com>>
>> *Subject: **RE: [Tig] Association of Moving Image Archivists, St. 
>> Louis,MO. Nov. 3-7*
>>
>>
>> Greetings Ted
>>
>> Cheers to the Quad group
>> Just a month ago I 'found' an old 2" tape of a TCN9 goof Xmas reel
>> [Channel 9 TV in Sydney Aust] under my house. Recorded in the B&W days
>> in 1971.
>>
>> My old Mate George Zerial came to the party and the full resources of
>> the Australian Government were swung into action. George is at the
>> Australian National Film and Sound Archive down there in Canberra.
>> He fired up his trusty TR70 and lo, the tape was dubbed to Digi Betacam
>> for me.
>> I rarely get excited these days....there is something about quads that
>> do that to you.
>>
>> I have attached a photo of the machine 'in action' during the transfer.
>> Pass it on to the group and rest easy that Quads are alive down under.
>>
>> Regards from Oz
>> Ian Richardson.
>> Sydney
>>
>> p.s. and yes I do have a real and actual Splicer and the ediview and the
>> Smith knife with the roller on the end for rolling down the splicing
>> tape.
>> And sadly I am old enough to remember how to use it.
>>
>
>
> Ted Langdell
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> ted at flashscan8.us <mailto:ted at flashscan8.us>
>
> *See you at AMIA 2009 in St. Louis*
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