[QuadList] Videotape Pioneer Charles E. Anderson passes--

[Greg Schmitz]

Thanks for this Ted.  I've forwarded your post on to a couple of 
people.  --greg

On 7/13/12 4:56 PM, Ted Langdell wrote:
>
> (Reno, Nevada, Friday, July 13, 2012)—Videotape Pioneer Charles E. 
> Anderson passed away yesterday in the Sparks, Nevada skilled nursing 
> facility where he'd been since mid-March.   He turned 88 at the end of 
> April.
>
> While employed at Ampex Corporation in the mid 1950's, Anderson was 
> one six engineers who developed the first successful videotape recorder.
>
> Anderson persuaded project supervisor Charles Ginsburg to utilize 
> frequency modulation for recording the video signal onto tape, and 
> designed the first FM modulator for the task.
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