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SeleniumFalcon wrote: »
The Ampex team that developed the VRX-1000 helical scan VCR VTR (no videocassettes in those days).
One of those guys is Ray Dolby, and another is Fred Pfost. I worked for Fred Pfost's son for a while in a past life. I had the privilege of spending a very pleasant afternoon with Fred Pfost & the aforementioned son at Fred's home in Los Gatos some 30-ish years ago.
20th anniversary photo of the VTR and (some of) the team (1976).
https://www.historyofrecording.com/ampexvrx1000aniv.html
It's also, perhaps, worth mentioning that a number of companies had developed stationary head video tape recorders prior to the VRX-1000. In order to get the bandwidth required for video recording (ca. 4.5 MHz), the tape velocity on such recorders was terrifyingly high.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01672b2
RCA's early model operated at (up to) 360 ips (!)
http://www.labguysworld.com/AboutVTRs/AboutVTRs_001.htm
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Damn there was a lot on the floor in a quick like manner had something fouled up
Dang I couldn't imagine how frightening fast a fast forward or reverse function would be in one of those... -
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I bet you can squeal like a pig. Weeeeeeee!
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Don't you say nothin,just do itSee my profile for list of gear.
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A younger co worker of mine did not get the canoe meme. He has never seen the movie. In short, I told him it was a "EPIC movie. A Canoe trip that turns into a Hill Billy butt F*^%@!*@ banjo jamming nightmare".
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We used to race sailboats against a guy who was one of the camera operators on that movie. He had a few stories….
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We used to race sailboats against a guy who was one of the camera operators on that movie. He had a few stories….
There always seems to be a connection. 😀
Obviously I'm referring to Bert Reynolds.
My wife's Grandfather was the backhoe operator for Smokey and the Bandit when the TA jumped a river in Arkansas.
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That had to have been a tough role for Ned Beatty.Gustard X26 Pro DAC
Belles 21A Pre modded with Mundorf Supreme caps
B&K M200 Sonata monoblocks refreshed and upgraded
Polk SDA 1C's modded / 1000Va Dreadnaught
Wireworld Silver Eclipse IC's and speaker cables
Harman Kardon T65C w/Grado Gold. (Don't laugh. It sounds great!)
There is about a 5% genetic difference between apes and men …but that difference is the difference between throwing your own poo when you are annoyed …and Einstein, Shakespeare and Miss January. by Dr. Sardonicus -
Folks'll put up with spring, summer and winter in northern New England... for fall.
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I've been on the Chattooga River in north Georgia in rafts long ago - before the Deliverance movie.
My first trip was quite an experience, especially going over a small waterfall and puncturing the raft when we became caught on rocks halfway down. My friend and I had walked ahead to view the rapids before proceeding on all previous rapids. At the rapids that caused trouble, there was a group of "real hippies (1970)" camping next to the river. So being tired from more than 6 hours on the river and hearing the water flow ahead, we asked them from our raft in the pool before the rapids if it was safe to proceed.
They said sure it was okay to continue without walking the raft around the rapids. WOW! They helped us in getting our stuff to shore. These were the only people we saw that day on the river - before the river became so popular.
It was a long walk carrying our equipment back to our point of departure after reaching a local road through the woods.
A few years later, five work friends rafting were assaulted by mountain people on the river. This event was after the movie was released, and was reported by the local TV stations.
One of the better things Jimmy Carter did was backing legislation that prevented dams on the Chattooga River. It still remains wild today but lots of people visit."Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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The Pacific Air Show as seen from TV in FL. Thought it was cool to see a P51 and F35 together.
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I think we live right under the military's jets flight path. They 99% of the time fly directly over us coming in and going out too.
Today was special. My wife and I were outside working and 3 smaller size jets roared overhead and banked left just as they passed us.
They were about 10 or 15 seconds apart. So the roar lasted for a good bit. We get jet air shows over us a lot.
We LOVE it when they come in slow...and keep that roar going STRONG and LOUD.
We think they use our big square bright white back-roof as a marker. Normal airplanes seem to fly off to the sides of us.Most people just listen to music and watch movies. I EXPERIENCE them. -
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My old ps audio 200cx power caps 15,000 . Replaced with higher grade 33,000 caps when had rebuilt and modded.
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Those Mallory CGS (computer grade series) can last for many years with no leakage or change of value as long as they have a fairly heat free environment.
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My wife getting a ride in a Fairchild PT-19 pilot trainer named Miss Kelly. -
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Need a new tv, etc. Facebook marketplace
1950 Admiral Television Entertainment Console
$50$80
Listed 19 hours ago in Atlanta, GA
"Sometimes you have to look to the past to understand where you are going in the future"
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How much for the cat? My dog broke his last one....
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Ideal for CD
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That's a beautiful bipe!
(that's ol' pilot-speak for biplane, in case any of y'all go to the Urban Dictionary and think otherwise!)
There are a number of pretty darned nice "groups" on Flikr for folks who appreciate vintage aircraft -- talk about expensive hobbies.
Beech D-17S Staggerwing ‘G-BRVE’ by Alan Wilson, on Flickr
(a truly gorgeous Beech "Staggerwing" -- one of the most beautiful general aviation aircraft ever build, I'd opine)
