[QuadList] FW: Facebook | The Ampex ACR25 former users group

[Dave Sieg]

Ian:
Well, the Oz Scanimate had an interesting history.
Image West discovered it in a Levitz Furniture warehouse in Miami and bought
it for a song.
I helped convert it to PAL (complete with huge humming step-up
transformers), then they
shipped it to Sydney and it was installed at the 9 network. I know because I
was sent to
"get it up to snuff"  (It never really was completely "up to snuff" IMHO).
If I recall correctly the 9 netowrk engineer I worked with was Dave
Rawlinson.
That is one drinking bunch of folks down there!  They used to open up a bar
in the
conference room every Friday at lunch and *nothing* got done until around
noon on Monday.

I believe you're referring to Russ Maehl, who had been an "animator" at
Image West, and appears
in the IW-15 demo reel with a big red bushy beard.  Russ immigrated to
Australia and last I heard
he is still there.  If he ended up with the machine he won't admit it!  I've
been in touch with him
recently via Facebook, or LinkedIn, can't remember which.

I've heard rumours that the Japanese Scanimate is still intact but
inscrutibly unknown.

Dave

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Ian Richardson <
irichardson at cuttingedge.com.au> wrote:

>  Greetings All
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> A conversation over dinner resulted in this link listed below regarding an
> ACR users group, and hopefully you will see a new member to the Quad list
> soon
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> Arrrh the Scanimate.
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> Well done Dave Sieg to keep one alive, yes there was one in Sydney but I
> believe it was run by ColourFilm Videolab at the time.
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> The ‘analogue Artist’ [my term] was a Canadian Russ Maugher. It certainly
> had the wow factor in its day.
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> I seem to recall Russ eventually ‘secured’ the machine for himself and made
> a living from it for a while, and finally I recall It and [I think He]
>
> moved back to the US or Canada.
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> The memory fades these days.
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> Cheers From Down Under
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> Ian Richardson
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> Sydney
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> Oz
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> *Subject:* Facebook | The Ampex ACR25 former users group
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> Hi Richo,
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> I meant to send you this one as well.
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> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=12245739577
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> Good to see you last night.
>
> Thanks for the Quad list
>
> Gaz.
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