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

[David C. Crosthwait]

Just found my Hi8 recording of the TCR 100 in action, on-air, in Green  
Bay WI, 7-18-1996. Hard to believe it was it was still on-air at that  
time, making revenue for the station between jam ups.

David Crosthwait
www.dcvideo.com


Quoting Guy Spiller <quadruplex at verizon.net>:

> With any luck, we should have a good look at the inside of a operating
> TCR-100 soon.
> I received a call from a guy who contacted me after seeing my YouTube
> TR-70 videos. He had dubbed the RCA quad demo tape of the TCR-100 to
> two carts when his station first got the machine "back in the day" to
> demonstrate the ability of the machine to seamlessly switch "live" from
> one cart to another.  He dubbed 1/2 of the demo onto each cart.
> He said he hadn't seen this particular RCA demo video anywhere since he
> did that, and wanted to see if I could remove the tape from the carts,
> play the tape, and put the demo up on YouTube to share with everyone
> interested.
> I have never been around any of these quad cart machines in my career,
> so, before I dove into trying to remove the tape from the carts, I have
> been doing a little research. When I get a little time in the very near
> future, I'm going to do a YouTube video of the process of removing the
> tape and attempting to play them back on one of the TR-70Cs.
> There is apparently only a few feet of tape on the cart ahead of the
> recorded program material start, so this should also be a good test of
> the lockup speed of the 70C servo.
> In my research, I did find out that the guys up in Woonsocket are in
> the process of restoring a TCR for their museum.  I'm definitely going
> to want to see that in action!
> Guy
>
> Don Norwood wrote:
>> Oh my!  I wish I had gotten a closer look.  Now I'm even more   
>> curious. I have manuals in storage......will have to dig them out   
>> and have a look! With all the interesting quad videos on YouTube,   
>> it would be great if there was an "action film" of this mechanism.   
>>  We need to find a machine for either Guy or Park and let them do   
>> their documentary magic!
>>
>> Don
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> Guy Spiller
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