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

Tue Sep 21 17:01:26 CDT 2010

Hi, Brian,

That would be helpful.  Is there much to the text side of the manual?   
Re: alignment procedures, etc.?

Thanks,

Ted

On Sep 21, 2010, at 1:48 PM, Gideon4 wrote:

> Ted
>
> Re the Barco monitor, I have a copy of the handbook for the Barco  
> CM22 and I could scan the circuits for you if you still need them.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Brian Summers, UK member
>
> www.tvcameramuseum.org
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> ]On Behalf Of C. Park Seward
> Sent: 21 September 2010 21:36
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> Subject: Re: [QuadList] How CBS is migrating news tape (including  
> Quad) andfilm, and other items of interest by James O'Neal
>
> Ted
>
> I have one of those small Barco monitors. Exactly the one Ampex used  
> for the 80's.
>
> Best,
> Park
>
> C. Park Seward
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> On Sep 20, 2010, at 8:07 AM, Ted Langdell  
> <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:
>
>> 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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