[QuadList] Ampex Models

[Bill Carpenter]

Hi Cris and everybody!

Yes, That was a great meeting, and my paper was sort of an alternative answer to the ENG question. The handwriting was on the wall related to Eng, when we came back to the Hotel later on Friday night after driving in the heavy snow and found that the "crackbarrel" session in a small room on the lower level was attended by maybe 200 engineers mostly out in the halllway, not the 25-30 that normally go to those unplanned & unstructured sessions.

The next day, a good old southern boy from Atlanta, Hugo Bundy (if my 35+ years memory is right) got up and tore apart every piece equipment that he had used! 
Then he put up a slide of his ACR-25, and stated that without this machine the whole ENG effort would have been unuseable!
He said they would roll the 3/4" field tapes many times and record each time until they got the one that  worked and then use the ACR to clip the ends, and also that this would allow last second changes in the news playback on an "as required" basis with NO PROBLEMS. 
The ACR was his last slide and was on-sceen for over half on his paper and all of the Q & A.
I was sitting next to Don Kleffman, our Marketing Manager, and two levels above me, when leaned over and asked me if I had anything to do with this presentation?
I answered NO, but I was sure going to buy the man a drink or more before the weekend was over! Don was pleased with my answer!

Bill Carpenter

PS: Frank Davis was always a great field engineer and a good friend, both at Belo, and previously at Northwest Teleproductions.

--- On Mon, 2/28/11, Chill315 at aol.com <Chill315 at aol.com> wrote:

From: Chill315 at aol.com <Chill315 at aol.com>
Subject: [QuadList] Ampex Models
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
Date: Monday, February 28, 2011, 4:35 PM



 

I was not sure of the actual count and I thought there might be 21.  
The question was answered with all sorts of speed.  
 
The ones that I thought might be difficult were the E models of the 
1100 and the 1200.  Also the VR-3000B.
 
I did see the VR-3000B demonstrated at the Detroit SMPTE meeting as an 
alternative to 3/4 tape.  It worked beautifully.  The operating cost 
must have been against it.  Frank Davis was at the meeting and manned the 
booth.  He later became a VP at Belo.  
 
I know of another VR-1200 that had the detachable monitor rack.  This 
was sold to the University of Michigan Television Center.  It was used in 
the studio and in a remote truck that only did a few shows in black and 
white.  There was a monitor setup in the truck.
 
Now were there any VR-1001B models?  The reason that I ask is 
that the Intersync book tells about how to install the Intersync in the 
VR-1001A.  Was it standard in the B model?  So who can answer this 
question?
 
Chris Hill
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