[QuadList] CMX 600--Museum piece

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Tom,

Welcome aboard.

Perhaps the Smithsonian?  LoC?  Paul Beck's museum in Rhode Island?

I'm in College Park, MD and am talking to some Smithsonian film  
archive folks.  Perhaps they can tell me who to ask, there.

I can also ask Paul if you've not already done so.

Ted

Ted Langdell
Secretary


On Feb 25, 2010, at 10:55 AM, Tom Werner wrote:

> quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com writes:
>    2. Re: Early CMX Documentation (Trevor Brown)
>
> The CMX 600 was the first CMX editing system developed in 1969. It  
> made its debut at NAB in 1970. The CMX 600 was very far ahead of its  
> time because not only was it the first off-line editor, it was also  
> truly non-linear. It was very expensive, with a complete system  
> including the assembler portion costing close to $500,000. There  
> were only 6 systems built including the prototype, one was a PAL  
> system sold to Rank Studios in London. There were 3 systems in New  
> York, CBS, EUE Screengems, and Teletronics. There were  2 systems in  
> Hollywood, CBS, and CFI, with the CFI system ending up at Trans  
> American Video for a while. To my knowledge there is only one system  
> left, it's in my shop here in Southern Oregon. The system in my shop  
> was originally the CBS New York system which was bought by One Pass  
> in San Francisco and when finally taken out of service, ended up  
> with me.
>
> This relic needs to be in a museum, but since it's so big, there  
> have been no takers. Anyone know of any possibilities?
>
> Tom Werner
> Southern Oregon Public Television
> Medford, OR
> 541-779-0808

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