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

Tue Sep 21 15:48:41 CDT 2010

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

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  Ted

  I have one of those small Barco monitors. Exactly the one Ampex used for the 80's. 

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  Park

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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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