[QuadList] TCR-100 EPIS

[Glenn Gundlach]

The Ampex equivalent was IDA but I don't remember what the acronym stood for. I worked at the CBS affiliate in Madison Wis and the lone ACR-25 had IDA but possibly not from day one. The IDA displayed two lines of text in the video and was 10 -15 chars each. I don't remember the data entry method either. Getting old is not good. 
The Madison machine also had the Studio Film and Tape Exchange DOM-5 (Diagnostic Online Monitor) to flag errors. The shop was 15 feet from the ACR and I'd sometimes hear a load error and be in front of the machine before the computer beeped its error. 

Glenn Gundlach (G²)
--- On Sat, 11/5/11, Dennis Degan <DennyD1 at verizon.net> wrote:

From: Dennis Degan <DennyD1 at verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [QuadList] TCR-100 EPIS
To: garyada at ix.netcom.com, "Quad List" <quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com>
Date: Saturday, November 5, 2011, 9:00 AM


        On Nov 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Gary Adams wrote:

> I should add, the EPIS data was recorded as a short audio burst much like time code right after the SOM (Start of Message).  Once the deck passed this.  I'm sure the ACR-25 was a bit more elegant in this area.

        I say:

    I worked with both.  I never saw or maintained an ACR-25 that was equipped with Ampex's EPIS-like system (I don't even remember its name).  And the only EPIS-equipped TCRs I ever worked with were those at NBC.

            Dennis Degan, Video Editor-Consultant-Knowledge Bank
                         NBC Today Show, New York





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