[QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

Tue Mar 1 11:00:40 CST 2011

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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From: _David Crosthwait_ (mailto:david at dcvideo.com) 
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Now for bonus points, who knows what the SEG is?  Riker?

David 

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