[QuadList] Picture of the day (link to)---and who's in it?

[Bill Carpenter]

 Hi Park,

Yes, we built special ABC consoles (note: ABC's order was for 100 machines, and 
was part of my $40M order backlog before shipment) and yes, we sent different 
parts over for various reasons before the Olympics, and Charlie would have been 
on top of this action. 

Gil Fagerland was working with the machines and if he needed anything, I sent 
it!

I remember that about the Wenesday before it started we had a small group of 
parts, pocket sized for the machines. I thought about taking them over, and then 
remembered wiping out on a Snowbike, @ Lake Placid in 1980, with ABC engineering 
management, coming to get me on a snowmobile. 


So, we sent a draftsman, who worked on the project, had a valid passport, spoke 
the language, and wanted to buy new ski's. He had a great time.

Charlie and I worked together on every part of the VPR-3, and we are still good 
friends. 

He gave me the nickname "Technology Evangelist", at one meeting while he was 
taking notes on notes on his Radio Shack PC-100 laptop.

Bye for now, Bill





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From: C. Park Seward <park at videopark.com>
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Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 10:00:20 AM
Subject: Re: [QuadList] Picture of the day (link to)---and who's in it?

Bill,

What was the story on the "cut down" VPR-3s for ABC? I had heard the bridge was 
lowered in order to fit in the space of the AVR-2s that the 3 was replacing.

Also, I heard an interesting story from Charlie Pantuso about trudging through 
the snow at the Sarajevo Olympics to pick up some VPR-3 scanner parts 


Best,
Park

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On Dec 8, 2010, at 3:17 PM, Bill Carpenter wrote:

I had introduced the VPR-3,and had a solid $ 40 million dollar order backlog 
before the first unit shipped, so in July of 1983, I moved over as the Product 
Manager of  Graphics, and re-introduced the redesigned ESS-3 and the new AVA-3 
in 1984. 
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