[QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

Tue Mar 1 12:10:42 CST 2011

It was a disaster for them.  There was a core of folks that went on to  
create Video Gainesville.  VGV.  They never really got anywhere.  

This was the second family member if I remember.  The brother may have  
passed on and he took over.  Is this true?

Chris Hill

In a message dated 3/1/2011 1:06:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
wcarpen107 at yahoo.com writes:

Hi Folks,

Maybe Nubar had a profitable fire? It's  much harder to start a Flood!

Bill Carpenter

Bye for now,  love to all, Bill & Gewyn & Ginger (whoof...whoof)

--- On  Tue, 3/1/11, Chill315 at aol.com <Chill315 at aol.com>  wrote:

From:  Chill315 at aol.com <Chill315 at aol.com>
Subject: Re: [QuadList]  Vital... Gainesville
To: quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com
Date:  Tuesday, March 1, 2011, 9:00 AM

The first Riker items that I saw were in a GE switcher that was  custom 
made for WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV) in Detroit.  These were the  mix amps and special 
effects for the switcher.  

There was a connection with Riker, Richmond Hill and Possibly  CDL.  The 
main guy, RIker moved from one to another.  I have  worked with a Richmond 
Hill switcher and it was a very decent  switcher.  Just got old and could not 
do what the clients  required.  It was kind of a 2 ME with a mixer at the 
end.  I  would have to really do some memory work as it was in the 70's.   
Stable unit.

Now for Vital.  The story that I heard is there was a  fire at the plant 
and they never really recovered.  The story is  that a fire safety 
demonstration was done and when the fire  extinguisher was discharged into the 
container with the fie, it blew  it all over the place and caught the building on 
fire.  See do  all your demonstrations outside. Not indoors.

Or was it that the guy was looking at Vital Nancy and got  distracted?  LOL

Chris Hill
WA8IGN

In a message dated 3/1/2011 11:09:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
david at dcvideo.com writes:

Hello Don,  

Somewhere in my life I have encountered that Riker panel, but  can't place 
it. More recently, it may be in one of my switcher junk  piles which may 
have made it more recognizable. If it's still there,  it's resting with a TS 40 
panel as well. I don't know the history of  Riker or Richmond Hill. 
Likewise, I don't know the demise of Vital,  CDL, or others.

OK. Who  can guess what this switcher is? Should be easy for at least one  
contributor here (you may be exempt as you have worked on the  these!). 
Clue: Was a 2" _quad_ 
(http://www.dcvideo.com/obsolete-video-formats/2-inch-quad.html)  era  switcher.

David
_www.dcvieo.com_ (http://www.dcvieo.com/) 

On Feb 28, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Don Norwood wrote:

You're on a roll David.  It was indeed a Riker.  It  was missing one of the 
pattern waveform modules, so we  built one to replace it.  Thinking back on 
those days, I'm  kind of amazed how much I got done compared to today's 
projects  that seem to take forever!

What was the story with Riker and Richmond Hill?  All  the Riker products 
were blue and Richmond Hill were beige,  but otherwise they were the 
identical devices.  I have an  undated Richmond Hill catalog and lots of Riker ads, 
but  don't see any mention of their relationship.  Did RH buy out  Riker?

Don

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Now for bonus points, who knows what the SEG is?  Riker?

David 

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