[QuadList] How CBS is migrating news tape (including Quad) and film, and other items of interest by James O'Neal

[Ted Langdell]

Hi, Larry,

Thanks!

Do ask about model of the monitor and the manual before you take a  
drive. Especially whether the manual is in a binder or is tightly  
bound. Bound would be harder to scan!

The monitor needs to fit into an 8" x 8" square slot in the console.

Hope you're having a great morning!

Ted

On Sep 20, 2010, at 9:34 AM, Larry E Odham wrote:

> Hey Ted,
> I got a buddy that might have a Barco manual and also a working 9"  
> barco color monitor from a VPR-80. It is working, but the tube is  
> weak. I can  drive up to Bristol and check it out Saturday if you  
> would like.
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Langdell
> To: Quad List
> Cc: James Oneal
> Sent: 9/19/2010 1:36:33 PM
> Subject: [QuadList] How CBS is migrating news tape (including Quad)  
> and film,and other items of interest by James O'Neal
>
> I met author James E. O'Neal in July at the Library of Congress  
> National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper, VA.  I was  
> there to help install a new HD film transfer system, the  
> flashtransfer Vario.
>
> James was working on one of several (understatement) AVR-2's being  
> restored for service in the Library's mass migration area.  I may  
> have a picture of him at work, and will post when I find it.  He's  
> planning a story about it.
>
> He called me shortly after our conversation for an hour-long chat by  
> phone.
>
> Here's O'Neal's item about what CBS is doing to migrate tape and  
> film across from the CBS Broadcast Center on W. 57th:
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/14224
>
> O'Neal writes:
>
> The operation has two Ampex AVR-1 quads in daily use and an  
> additional machine is retained as a spare. There are also a couple  
> of Ampex VR-2000s. Six one-inch machines are kept in repair for type  
> “C” playback and there are numerous U-matic 3/4-inch machines, as  
> well as models for most any other format that was used for recording  
> news content.
>
> “Whenever the network decides to get rid of a tape machine, we've  
> had first dibs,” said (CBS news archives manager Roy )Carubia.
>
> A Rank Cintel machine is used for film transfers, and the operation  
> keeps some Movieola flatbed editing machines in shape for screenings  
> and preparation and repair of film. The Movieolas also provide a  
> means for recovering magtrack audio from double system recordings.  
> In addition, the archiving operations keep several tape cleaning  
> machines busy.
>
> What prompted the post today is that well known camera collector  
> Chuck Pharis is the most recent subject of James' writing, and it  
> looks like it was on on-site visit: Here are links to both stories:
>
> Camera collection: http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/105484
> Test Pattern http://tvtechnology.com/article/106490
>
> Some on the list might have read his article this spring about the  
> Eighth Annual Early Television Foundation gathering in Hilliard, OH:
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/100820
>
> You may also have read his story about the closure of one of the  
> last CRT rebuilding plants in the US: Hawk-Eye Picture Tube  
> Manufacturing:
> http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/103016
>
> Discovered Thursday that there's a Hawk-Eye tube in one of the two  
> Barco C22 9" picture monitors that came from several Ampex VPR-80  
> consoles. Not that I can tell if it's working :) Nothing happens  
> when I hit it with power. Need manual and prints to see what's up.  
> Anyone have such?  Will scan and return.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Ted
>
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
>
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Ted Langdell
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