[QuadList] Smith splicer, etc.

[Tim Stoffel]

On Thu, 2010-10-14 at 15:16 -0500, Tom Evans wrote:
> Bill,
> 
> Most of the Low Band Mono tapes I recall were recorded with a 5 mil
> head (not the standard 10 mil head).  
> 
> The digital TBCs of the AVR-2 and TR-600 generation were clocked by an
> oscillator locked to colorburst.  What happens when no colorburst is
> present?  Perhaps a VR-1200 with AMTEC could do better.
> 
> -Tom Evans (with more questions than answers)
> 

There is circuitry in these machines to handle monochrome video.

10 mil tracks are the norm in all standards. 5 mil the exception.

Tim Stoffel