[QuadList] Quad Carts--Links to RCA and Ampex photo examples

[chill315 at aol.com]

Yes. The SMPTE did have a standard that would allow tape to be removed from one cart and then put in another.  No one ever did it that I am aware of.

Chris Hill

On Aug 15, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> On this page,  http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm  Richard says:
> "I have been informed, by an informed source, that these cassettes are standardized and interchangeable."
> 
> which seems at odds with the fact that an RCA cassette would not have any mechanics to open the protective flaps if it was somehow parked in an Ampex ACR-25.
> 
> Maybe he meant the tape inside was basically interchangeable... if spooled out of the housing.  ??
> 
> Ted
> 
> On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:33 AM, Ted Langdell wrote:
> 
>> Hi, Steve,
>> 
>> http://www.labguysworld.com/QuadCarts.htm
>> 
>> http://www.labguysworld.com/RCA_QuadCart_006.jpg
>> 
>> Another view of Ampex carts:
>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcburns/2472851493/
>> 
>> Hope this helps with the identification.
>> 
>> You'll get some idea of what's required to spool the tape onto reels from folks on the list who have done that, although I seem to recall the subject appearing on the list at some point in time.
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> On Aug 15, 2012, at 8:01 AM, Steve Greene wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> I just ran across a few quad carts in a collection I'm inventorying.  I'm assuming they can be spooled off onto spot reels for transfer.  Is this correct?
>>>  
>>> For curiousity sake, were Ampex and RCA carts the same form factor?
>>>  
>>> Thanks,
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> Steve Greene
>>> Archivist
>>> Office of Presidential Libraries
>>> National Archives and Records Administration
>>> (301) 837-1772
>>> ______________
>> 
>> Ted
>> 
>> Ted Langdell
>> Secretary
>> 
> 
> Ted
> 
> Ted Langdell
> Secretary
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