[QuadList] TCR-100 (was 1" Machine glue)

[C. Park Seward]

I thought the 25 was much better than the 100. But the old RCA product manager wasn't pleased when I talked about the horrors of the threading system one night at dinner. In fact, I think he was the one paying...

Best,
Park

C. Park Seward
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On Feb 2, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Wayne Watson wrote:

> I have seen that. It was very scary; I think bicycle chains were involved J
> Good question though. Ampex used the same head for the AVR-1 and 25.  I believe Ampex ran 40 volts to the guide retract motor instead of the regular 24. That allowed it to be moved away faster for threading. Ampex used air and RCA used mechanical arms; but I guess you guys know this.
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> From: quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com [mailto:quadlist-bounces at quadvideotapegroup.com] On Behalf Of Don Norwood
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> Subject: Re: [QuadList] TCR-100 (was 1" Machine glue)
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> I never had more than a casual look at the TCR-100, and didn't realize that it used the same head as the other machines.  Threading must have been quite a trick.  How did they do that? 
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> Don 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Trevor Brown
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> Ampex head could be controlled better in the record domain to mach a standard replay
> But then RCA did manage to keep the same head assembly for all their machines including the TCR 100
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