[QuadList] Vital... Gainesville

[David Crosthwait]

As a wrap-up to the Vital discussion, here are a couple of photos from their facility (before the fire).




David
www.dcvideo.com


On Mar 1, 2011, at 10:10 AM, Chill315 at aol.com wrote:

> 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. 
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> This was the second family member if I remember.  The brother may have passed on and he took over.  Is this true?
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> Chris Hill
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> In a message dated 3/1/2011 1:06:38 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, wcarpen107 at yahoo.com writes:
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> Hi Folks,
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> Maybe Nubar had a profitable fire? It's much harder to start a Flood!
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> Bill Carpenter
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> Bye for now, love to all, Bill & Gewyn & Ginger (whoof...whoof)
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> --- On Tue, 3/1/11, Chill315 at aol.com <Chill315 at aol.com> wrote:
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> 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. 
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> 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.
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> Or was it that the guy was looking at Vital Nancy and got distracted?  LOL
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> Chris Hill
> WA8IGN
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> In a message dated 3/1/2011 11:09:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, david at dcvideo.com writes:
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> Hello Don,
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> 
> 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.
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> 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 era switcher.
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> <SwitcherTrivia.jpeg>
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> David
> www.dcvieo.com
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> On Feb 28, 2011, at 8:20 PM, Don Norwood wrote:
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>> 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!
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>> 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?
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>> Don
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: David Crosthwait
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>> Sent: Monday, February 28, 2011 11:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [QuadList] Vital... Gainesville
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>>> Now for bonus points, who knows what the SEG is?  Riker?
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>> David 
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