[QuadList] Help identifying an unknown Ampex Quad machine

C. Park Seward park at videopark.com
Tue Feb 2 14:23:31 CST 2010


Hi John,

Looks like a 1000 retrofitted with modern Intersync and video processing. Kind of a mash-up between a 1000 and a 1200. Could this be an 1100?

I bet Don Norwood knows...

Seems to be missing boards in the video section.

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
Visit us: http://www.videopark.com




On Feb 2, 2010, at 12:05 PM, John Walko wrote:

> Hi group:
>  
> I was touring a TV station today in Kentucky and noticed they had some Quad tapes in their collection.  I asked if they still had their Quad machine and I was told yes.
> 
> We’ll not one to let a good opportunity pass by, I asked if I could see it.  I was told it was on the 3rd floor.  We’ll I figured storage…turns out the 3rd floor is all the air handling equipment for the whole station.
>  
> I want to help prevent older tape equipment from ending up in the dumpster, so I told the person I was with that if they even think of discarding this machine, call me first.  The station manager wants to see if it is possible to get this up and running again.  Might be an interesting challenge.
>  
> Got to say, it is a neat looking machine.  I was hoping it was an AVR-1, 2 or 3…but it wasn’t.  No idea if the station has extra parts or not.
>  
> Here are two pictures…any idea what machine this is?  The name plate on the front says Ampex Corporation, but there was no identifying numbers.  The machine is in a very dark area (sorry for the low quality of the pictures…I took them w/ my cell phone with almost no ambient light).  It appears to me as if there are tubes in the upper left of the bridge…but the rest of the bridge is empty.  The tray w/ the cards seems to be complete, but I could not see the back of the machine.
>  
> Thanks;
>  
> John Walko
> Media Archive Manager
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