[QuadList] Pink Panther Pulse

[Tim Stoffel]

Since panthers are stealthy animals, this signal on a monitor, reminds
one of a pink panther emerging from the shadows...

BTW, this is my favorite test signal!

And besides HAMLET, there is BALLS (Bus Asking for LineLock Servo),
BALPS (Bus Asking for Linelock or Pixlock Servo) and PLACH (PLATCH?)
(PixLock ACHieved).

And you can find little comic drawings on some of the VPR-80 block
diagrams.

Tim Stoffel

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-----Original Message-----
From: J. Mitch Hopper <id at brainmist.com>
Reply-to: "J. Mitch Hopper" <id at brainmist.com>, Quad List
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Subject: Re: [QuadList] Pink Panther Pulse
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 18:26:14 -0500

I believe the Modulated Pedestal test signal was developed by Tektronics
in the early days of color transmission.
The Pink Panther nickname comes from the 3 bands of progressively higher
amplitude color on a 50% luminance as it appears on a monitor -
pink-ish.
Many of the common TV test signals had their own little nicknames.
Grayscale - chip chart; 15 step gray scale - staircase; etc etc.
 
Anybody know of more? 
 
The RCA TR-70 had a sampling circuit called the Hamlet Pulse
Generator in the CATC looking for a colorburst. "To pulse or not to
pulse, that is the question!"
That appeared in the training manuals for the 70A and the 61.
 
J. Mitch Hopper
Custom Video Systems Co.
Rochester, IL
217-498-8438
id at brainmist.com
 
It's been lovely but I have to scream now.

        ----- Original Message ----- 
        From: Steve Burgess 
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        Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 3:34 PM
        Subject: [QuadList] Pink Panther Pulse
        
        
        
        
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        Anyone know why the figure of the Modulated Pedestal Signal in
        the VPR-80 Service Manual (Part II Section 3, Video System) in
        the -03 version of the manual was originally titled Pink Panther
        Pulse in the -01 version of the manual?
         
        Recalling the original cartoon series I used to watch as a kid,
        didn't our character ascend some steps outside a night club or
        similar in the title sequence?  Maybe that's the connection... 
         
        Steve
        
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