[QuadList] Rombex--QuadList connections--

[Alan Rosenfeld]

The name had to do with the concept of a Rhomboid, don't remember exactly
what.  I would assume that Maurice would know where the 9000's ended up,
they were still there when Dick Marcus left.  I will ask Dick next time I
see him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhomboid

Alan


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Ted Langdell
<ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>wrote:

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> Alan,
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> Do you know how the name was chosen?
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> What became of the IVC 9000s?
>
> Ted
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> Ted Langdell
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> On Dec 18, 2013, at 8:25 AM, Alan Rosenfeld wrote:
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>
> We had 3 IVC9000's and a Rank Cintel Mark II Jump Scan Flying Spot which
> contained a lot of the IVC's electronics (Rank was a backer of IVC.)  The
> Flying Spot was the first in the US and #2 off the assembly line.  We had
> two of the machines in an editec style edit suite and one additional in the
> dub area.  Dick Marcus, the founder and former owner of Rombex, in
> partnership with DuArt, still has a production company in NY doing
> corporate video work.  Rombex became DuArt Video after Dick left the
> partnership.  It was my first full time job in the industry, an amazing
> place to work.
>
> Alan Rosenfeld
> AbelCine NY
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>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 9:14 AM, Ted Langdell <ted at quadvideotapegroup.com>wrote:
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>> QuadList member Alan Rosenfeld was Film Manager at RombexProductions from
>> 1975 to 1977.
>>
>> DuArt Chief Engineer Maurice Schecter is on the list, but I believe he
>> joined DuArt more recently... after Rombex was gone.
>>
>> One of them might know more about the IVC's.
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> Ted Langdell
>> Secretary
>> Skype:  TedLangdell
>> e-mail: ted at quadvideotapegroup.com
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>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 6:52 AM, Bill Seery wrote:
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>> Rombex was part of DuArt. I think they had 2 or 3 IVC-9000s at one point.
>> Long gone.
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>>
>> Best
>>
>> Bill Seery
>> Director of Preservation Services
>> preservation at standby.org
>> 212.627.8070
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>> On Dec 16, 2013, at 3:53 AM, Scott Thomas wrote:
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>> I was going through a list of Film Lab logos on Flickr and found this one
>> for a company named Rombex.
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>> In addition to Quadruplex, they say they have IVC-9000 VTR's! I wonder if
>> they are still there? :)
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>> http://www.flickr.com/photos/98405973@N08/9194998882/
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