[QuadList] Quad Manuals Scanned/Digitized In A Swap

[Mr. DC Memories]

Ted & Park & all,

I've previously hailed the efforts of David Gleason in this forum. He 
has reached deep in his own wallet to build a remarkable free online 
library of historic broadcasting publications (for both radio and TV, 
despite the domain name) at AmericanRadioHistory.com 
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/americanradiohistorycom/207035032673171>

David has now offered to scan/digitize Quad manuals, such as those Ampex 
Manuals that Dennis McDonald planned to re-cycle, if someone can get 
them into his hands. For his efforts, he asks all Quadlist members to 
energetically poll their network of fellow engineers to locate even more 
historical broadcasting magazines for David to scan/digitize and add to 
his site. (Think of it as a scan swap.)

David Gleason wrote: 
<http://www.facebook.com/pages/americanradiohistorycom/207035032673171> 
"I would certainly do that. In fact, I have an Ampex manual on its way 
from a group member. He does not want the manual back, so that means I 
can shear off the binding and sheet feed the book, meaning 500 pages in 
10 minutes or so, and another hour to process and get a good PDF.  I'd 
be glad to do that for anyone, and give them a PDF ready to put on their 
computer or a DVD. If they want the binding intact and the material 
returned, it takes a lot of work..... 500 pages by hand on the Book Pro 
library scanner is about 6 hours. So I prefer the option of trimming the 
binding, sheet scanning and sending the member a PDF. I will get some 
cool stuff, too... like the Ampex manual, which I'd love to have."

It's a little early to break out the celebratory champagne, but I think 
David could go a long way in making Park's dream of seeing all surviving 
quad manuals scanned and digitized come true.

Write Mr. Gleason at: david (at) davidgleason.com

Bob Bell


On 5/15/2012 10:46 AM, quadlist-request at quadvideotapegroup.com wrote:
> "I have a number of Ampex manuals that I soon will be putting in the 
> re-cycle bin. These range mainly in the VTR, ACE, and ADO range. If 
> anyone is interested in one or all of these I can post a list. Started 
> by Dennis McDonald, Broadcast Engineer at Harpo Studios "
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://quadvideotapegroup.com/pipermail/quadlist_quadvideotapegroup.com/attachments/20120515/8cba3bbe/attachment-0004.html>