From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 09:45:10 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:45:10 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hello, I've come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1" Type C reels. I'm guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From id at brainmist.com Fri Feb 16 11:12:08 2018 From: id at brainmist.com (Mitch Hopper) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:12:08 -0600 Subject: BVH-2000 error codes Message-ID: <001701d3a740$e53a38e0$afaeaaa0$@brainmist.com> I have an old BVH-2000 that I routinely use for archiving. I have no manuals for it. The unit now powers up with an "INITIAL SYS ERR" fault on the primary display. The 2 digit LEDs on the SY-79 board are "11", and on the SY-80 board are "0F". Can anyone tell me what the error codes are telling me? Any help is appreciated. J. Mitch Hopper Custom Video Systems Co. 536 E. Mill St. Rochester, IL 62563 id at brainmist.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Mill St. > > Rochester, IL 62563 > > id at brainmist.com > > [image: cvs_logo-signature-file] > > > > > > > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > > <#m_9186494198032048559_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > ______________________________________________ > Please trim posts to relevant info when replying. > > Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > > Send QuadList list posts to QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com > Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here: > http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_ > quadvideotapegroup.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3472 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BVH-2000 Alarm.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 148375 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com Fri Feb 16 12:27:56 2018 From: Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (Ted Langdell) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:27:56 -0800 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. > On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:45 AM, William Shepherd wrote: > > Hello, > > I?ve come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1? Type C reels. I?m guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! > > William Shepherd > Collections Officer > Swift Current Museum > 44 Robert Street West > Swift Current, Saskatchewan > S9H 4M9 > Phone: 306-778-4815 > Fax: 306-778-4818 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 12:36:02 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Ted, Thank you for that information. I was Googling around but couldn?t confirm much. You were able to pull up quite a bit so thank you again. You?ve put together a good timeline. I?m fairly confident now that the reels have the stock footage from that company. There?s no note of them being reused for another purpose so it?s likely the original content. The YouTube link you sent is all kinds of awesome. Thank you for that. William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 From: Ted Langdell [mailto:Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com] Sent: February 16, 2018 11:28 AM To: William Shepherd Cc: Quad List Subject: Re: CASCOM Effects? Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:45 AM, William Shepherd > wrote: Hello, I?ve come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1? Type C reels. I?m guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 08:45:10 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:45:10 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hello, I've come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1" Type C reels. I'm guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From id at brainmist.com Fri Feb 16 10:12:08 2018 From: id at brainmist.com (Mitch Hopper) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:12:08 -0600 Subject: BVH-2000 error codes Message-ID: <001701d3a740$e53a38e0$afaeaaa0$@brainmist.com> I have an old BVH-2000 that I routinely use for archiving. I have no manuals for it. The unit now powers up with an "INITIAL SYS ERR" fault on the primary display. The 2 digit LEDs on the SY-79 board are "11", and on the SY-80 board are "0F". Can anyone tell me what the error codes are telling me? Any help is appreciated. J. Mitch Hopper Custom Video Systems Co. 536 E. Mill St. Rochester, IL 62563 id at brainmist.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3472 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kenrzin at gmail.com Fri Feb 16 10:53:36 2018 From: kenrzin at gmail.com (Kenneth Zin) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:53:36 -0800 Subject: [QuadList] BVH-2000 error codes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: BVH-2000 Alarm Mitch Hopper On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Mitch Hopper via QuadList < quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mitch Hopper > To: Quad List > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:12:08 -0600 > Subject: BVH-2000 error codes > > I have an old BVH-2000 that I routinely use for archiving. I have no > manuals for it. The unit now powers up with an "INITIAL SYS ERR" fault on > the primary display. The 2 digit LEDs on the SY-79 board are "11", and on > the SY-80 board are "0F". Can anyone tell me what the error codes are > telling me? Any help is appreciated. > > > > J. Mitch Hopper > > Custom Video Systems Co. > > 536 E. Mill St. > > Rochester, IL 62563 > > id at brainmist.com > > [image: cvs_logo-signature-file] > > > > > > > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > > <#m_9186494198032048559_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > ______________________________________________ > Please trim posts to relevant info when replying. > > Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > > Send QuadList list posts to QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com > Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here: > http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_ > quadvideotapegroup.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3472 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BVH-2000 Alarm.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 148375 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com Fri Feb 16 11:27:56 2018 From: Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (Ted Langdell) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:27:56 -0800 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. > On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:45 AM, William Shepherd wrote: > > Hello, > > I?ve come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1? Type C reels. I?m guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! > > William Shepherd > Collections Officer > Swift Current Museum > 44 Robert Street West > Swift Current, Saskatchewan > S9H 4M9 > Phone: 306-778-4815 > Fax: 306-778-4818 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 11:36:02 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Ted, Thank you for that information. I was Googling around but couldn?t confirm much. You were able to pull up quite a bit so thank you again. You?ve put together a good timeline. I?m fairly confident now that the reels have the stock footage from that company. There?s no note of them being reused for another purpose so it?s likely the original content. The YouTube link you sent is all kinds of awesome. Thank you for that. William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 From: Ted Langdell [mailto:Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com] Sent: February 16, 2018 11:28 AM To: William Shepherd Cc: Quad List Subject: Re: CASCOM Effects? Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:45 AM, William Shepherd > wrote: Hello, I?ve come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1? Type C reels. I?m guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 08:45:10 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 14:45:10 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hello, I've come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1" Type C reels. I'm guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From id at brainmist.com Fri Feb 16 10:12:08 2018 From: id at brainmist.com (Mitch Hopper) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:12:08 -0600 Subject: BVH-2000 error codes Message-ID: <001701d3a740$e53a38e0$afaeaaa0$@brainmist.com> I have an old BVH-2000 that I routinely use for archiving. I have no manuals for it. The unit now powers up with an "INITIAL SYS ERR" fault on the primary display. The 2 digit LEDs on the SY-79 board are "11", and on the SY-80 board are "0F". Can anyone tell me what the error codes are telling me? Any help is appreciated. J. Mitch Hopper Custom Video Systems Co. 536 E. Mill St. Rochester, IL 62563 id at brainmist.com --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3472 bytes Desc: not available URL: From kenrzin at gmail.com Fri Feb 16 10:53:36 2018 From: kenrzin at gmail.com (Kenneth Zin) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 08:53:36 -0800 Subject: [QuadList] BVH-2000 error codes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: BVH-2000 Alarm Mitch Hopper On Fri, Feb 16, 2018 at 8:12 AM, Mitch Hopper via QuadList < quadlist at quadvideotapegroup.com> wrote: > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Mitch Hopper > To: Quad List > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 10:12:08 -0600 > Subject: BVH-2000 error codes > > I have an old BVH-2000 that I routinely use for archiving. I have no > manuals for it. The unit now powers up with an "INITIAL SYS ERR" fault on > the primary display. The 2 digit LEDs on the SY-79 board are "11", and on > the SY-80 board are "0F". Can anyone tell me what the error codes are > telling me? Any help is appreciated. > > > > J. Mitch Hopper > > Custom Video Systems Co. > > 536 E. Mill St. > > Rochester, IL 62563 > > id at brainmist.com > > [image: cvs_logo-signature-file] > > > > > > > Virus-free. > www.avast.com > > <#m_9186494198032048559_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > ______________________________________________ > Please trim posts to relevant info when replying. > > Change subject to reflect thread direction. Thanks. > _______________________________________________ > > Send QuadList list posts to QuadList at quadvideotapegroup.com > Your subscribe, unsubscribe and digest options are here: > http://quadvideotapegroup.com/mailman/listinfo/quadlist_ > quadvideotapegroup.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 3472 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: BVH-2000 Alarm.pdf Type: application/pdf Size: 148375 bytes Desc: not available URL: From Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com Fri Feb 16 11:27:56 2018 From: Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (Ted Langdell) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 09:27:56 -0800 Subject: CASCOM Effects? Message-ID: Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. > On Feb 16, 2018, at 6:45 AM, William Shepherd wrote: > > Hello, > > I?ve come across nine reels that are marked as CASCOM Effects with different volume and identification numbers on 1? Type C reels. I?m guessing these were stock transitions and special effects for broadcasts. Could anyone confirm this? Thanks! > > William Shepherd > Collections Officer > Swift Current Museum > 44 Robert Street West > Swift Current, Saskatchewan > S9H 4M9 > Phone: 306-778-4815 > Fax: 306-778-4818 > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca Fri Feb 16 11:36:02 2018 From: w.shepherd at swiftcurrent.ca (William Shepherd) Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 17:36:02 +0000 Subject: CASCOM Effects? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hello Ted, Thank you for that information. I was Googling around but couldn?t confirm much. You were able to pull up quite a bit so thank you again. You?ve put together a good timeline. I?m fairly confident now that the reels have the stock footage from that company. There?s no note of them being reused for another purpose so it?s likely the original content. The YouTube link you sent is all kinds of awesome. Thank you for that. William Shepherd Collections Officer Swift Current Museum 44 Robert Street West Swift Current, Saskatchewan S9H 4M9 Phone: 306-778-4815 Fax: 306-778-4818 From: Ted Langdell [mailto:Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com] Sent: February 16, 2018 11:28 AM To: William Shepherd Cc: Quad List Subject: Re: CASCOM Effects? Hi William, Welcome to the QuadList. A little googling shows that you are likely headed in the right direction. The http://www.cascom.com website reports: "Welcome to CASCOM International, Inc. Our stock footage library encompasses everything from film, computer animation and effects, to archive footage such as newsreel, old movies and other collections. The film-generated animated graphics in the Select Effects Library are reputed to be some of the finest in the world! Categories of footage include sports, extreme sports, cities and citiscapes, scenery, animals, and much more! Cascom's stock footage catalog is now available through Blackstone Stock Footage. You can reach Blackstone Stock Footage at 615-731-5310. This site is managed by Spectrum Research, Inc. Thanks for visiting CASCOM." The Blackstone stock footage website appears to be dead. A whois registration check reveals it is now registered from Japan. No website loaded from the URL. Markee magazine shows a listing for Blackstone with an email address: http://markeemagazine.com/wp/guides/stock-footage-guide/ BLACKSTONE STOCK FOOTAGE 615-731-5310 g.clifford at worldnet.att.net That phone number shows up on a number of other webpages including business listings like yelp and various yellow pages listings. They show an address in Antioch Tennessee. http://variety411.com/biz/blackstone-stock-footage/3610551/amp/ Spectrum Research is still in business, apparently as a software and software related product development company in Nashville. It worked with CASCOM to develop some software shown here: http://www.spectrum-research.com/V2/projects_5000plus.asp# Here is a 90 minute CASCOM clip reel from 1990: https://youtu.be/tj-oegUSaF0 Hope this is helpful. Ted Ted Langdell Secretary, Quad Videotape Group Ted at quadvideotapegroup.com (530)301-2931 Dictated into and Sent from my iPhone, which is solely responsible for any weird stuff I didn't catch. 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