[QuadList] Identify this machine

[David Crosthwait]

Don,

I was probably referencing to the same exact RCA publication that you have. Hence, I have no additional information. Perhaps this product was developed or marketed to look more appealing than the equivalent Ampex product (this RCA machine can be both a data recorder and a videotape recorder, resulting in that sales pitch angle to the government) but in reality probably never had that dual usage anywhere. Who knows? I will loosely compare this to the production of the F-111, intended for purchase and use by both the Navy and the Air Force (later dropped by the Navy). Initial concept and development was partially based on supplying a single aircraft for usage by both branches of the service. 

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On Apr 17, 2011, at 9:53 AM, Don Norwood wrote:

> Dale, Chris, et al
>  
> I have limited information on this machine beyond what I've already posted.  I believe it predates the TR-5, but it was contemporaneous with the TR-22.  I would doubt that the servo system would provide playback locked to an external source, but that is just a guess as the broadband recorders designed for instrumentation work had a completely different servo system.  I further suspect that the "standard quad mode" of this machine was intended primarily for acquisition and possibly basic playback, but not for "studio" use.  I suspect that the best it might have been able to do would have been a vertical lock, but quite possibly only a line lock.  If anyone else has more specific info, please share!  David?
>  
> Don Norwood
> Digitrak Communications, Inc.
> www.digitrakcom.com
>  
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dale Lamm
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> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 11:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Identify this machine
> 
> Sure looks like a transport from a TR-5 turned on it's side.
>  
> Dale
>  
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