[QuadList] Library of congress and quads--The Merlin Ultrafurb'd VR-2000

[Ted Langdell]

James O'Neal (who is on the QuadList) wrote a TV Technology article in 2008 as the LoC was beginning operations.

Story: http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0110/digitizing-history/187665

Photo link: http://www.tvtechnology.com/Portals/4/james3_022112.jpg

As you can see fom the picture below, there's a Merlin Ultrafurbed VR-2000 that QuadList member Ken Zin rebuilt some years earlier when the operation was in Washington DC.


I believe this is the machine seen in the CBS story that aired last week. 


QuadList member Allan McConnell was in charge of the Audio Visual Preservation Lab at the time, through September, 2008 when he retired.  He described his career in a QuadList post [QuadList] My Videotape Background on Jan. 6. 2009.

Allan or Ken might be able to offer some insight into this machine. 





On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:42 PM, C. Park Seward wrote:

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> Ed,
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> According to the reel hold-down hubs, that 2k has been "Merlinized". If it has the 10 bit NEC TBC, I'd suggest it is making pictures as good as any AVR-1.
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> Best,
> Park
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> On Aug 7, 2013, at 1:30 PM, Ed Reitan <ereitan at novia.net> wrote:
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>> Hi Guys,
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>> About a year ago, James O'Neal of Television Technology contacted me. 
>> He wanted to know if I knew of an Ampex AVR-1 that could be directed to the LOC.
>> He was suggesting to them that they should have an AVR- 1 in their restoration stable. 
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>> I am truly surprised that the LOC is using 2000's instead of the much better performing AVR-1.
>> Can we work together to get an AVR-1 to them?
>>  
>> Ed Reitan
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>> I believe this is the report:
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>> http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57596237/library-of-congress-races-to-preserve-tv-history/
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>> Best Regards,
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>> David Crosthwait
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>> On Jul 30, 2013, at 4:01 PM, Chill315 at aol.com wrote:
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>>> CBS News just aired as their last story a segment on the LOC video preservation project.  They showed a VR-2000.  The story even talked about the problem of getting heads.
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Ted Langdell
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