[QuadList] From the TR 800 Crypt--Questions seeking answers

[Ted Langdell]

Philip,

Thanks Very Much!  This provides a great deal of background that I'm  
sure others will enjoy reading, and provides more context to the  
history of RCA's tape machines and the people who were involved.

Feel free to describe your experiences with the training side. Any  
tips or techniques would be much appreciated.

Ted



On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:11 AM, Phillip G. Shaw wrote:

> The first TBC was designed by RCA but it had thermal problems. Jim  
> Parker was brilliant (Taught the RCA Advanced Design) but he was  
> Stubborn as Hell.. He refused to handle EE in the traditional manner  
> and the vector Jitter became an unexplainable feature. Jim Parker  
> went on to Panasonic America Research Labs  NJ.. He had a brain  
> amorism and died young or he would have make history. Yes "up right"  
> Modules like Sony
>
> The Second Shop Order used a Florida designed TBC (Laurie is a name  
> I remember) but I have forgotten the name of the Company. I had left  
> RCA for NBC and was not directly involved with the Gibbsboro  
> facility. I think customers of the First Shop Order got a swap out...
>
> The First shop order Scanner was NOT exchangeable with Sony.. The  
> RCA did not have the tape entrance guides mounted on the scanner  
> Assembly, this was a mistake in my opinion and the Second SO may  
> have used the Sony... The RCA dynamic tracking head was made by  
> Sony...We made one but it erased an Ampex Pal test tape provided by  
> a visiting Australian Broadcast Group...Very Embarrassing
>
>  Ray & some others from RCA involved with Silver Lake went to  
> Odetics. I think they got a deal from RCA . They had a proto type &  
> the glossy prints when RCA Broadcast Closed... He didn't join Sony  
> until the late 80's.. I was at his wedding and he was still with  
> Odetics..I don't remember when he joined Sony Beta Cart. The News  
> Carts were Odetics market...
>
> The Ampex VPR 3 (Zeus) was purchased by NBC News (Shelly was  
> Director) for  the 9th floor editing Suites.  NBC ON- AIR was solid  
> Sony. The VPR-3’s were not handling VITC correctly (CMX Editing)  
> this resulted in mis-cueing of ON-AIR playback...  The News Div  
> wanted the VPR-3 gone...Shelly asked me to examine the problem &  
> explain why!   The problem was easy to simulate because the VPR on  
> board Editor was smart enough to rejected bad TC (faked during  
> lockup) and aborted the Edit, a 1 sec pre-roll was consistently bad,  
> 2 sec was 2 in 10.But the CMX was going into record & Jammed VITC  
> Gen to invalid code... Bancroft came in and Ampex changed the  
> Software to prevent recording bad VITC.. The VPR-3 stayed in NBC
>
> I was in Vegas at Quality video but not at a shot.. That person was  
> most likely Peter Stanley working for RCA Marketing.. He was gone  
> from broadcasting after the changes he made to the Software....I  
> called Peter " The British Ambassador" because he never fixed  
> anything simple, modifying was his style and when you followed him  
> you removed his crap & fixed the original problem.  I was following  
> him in Australia, Camberra, and the CE asked me if I was Like Peter  
> Stanley..I said NO… The Tape Engineer told me later that the CE ran  
> Peter off, something about his Admin-Assist & Peter on his desk
>
> Note: Bob Hurst, RCA training was a Quad Servo Guy.. I was asked to  
> provide the customer Adjustment Setup for the TR-800 in his Class… 
> After the Class he made it clear that he didn’t like my Velocity/ 
> Phase adjustment procedure, one overshoot.. we had a
> informative discussion on TCR/TR600 servo systems and the different  
> ballistics of each
> transport..Bob knew more than me, and he knew it, but we got along  
> good
>
>
> I don’t get all the pictures….to big for my Email account I think
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Ted Langdell
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