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Quad Videotape Group members have organized the annual Ampex OldTimers Barbecue and Picnic since 2014, relieving Ampex OldTimers Fred and JoAnn Pfost, so they could mingle with their colleatues and friends.
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Month: August 2023
Ampex means more than audio and video recorders
This site is dedicated to the Ampex Pioneers and those who followed.
Erhard Kietz and colleagues at work on a Ampex 2" transverse scan instrumentation recorder in the late 1950s. The recorder was based on the successful Ampex VR-1000 2" Quadruplex Videotape® recorder pioneered by Ampex colleagues in Redwood City, California. From the Erhard Keitz family collection. Collective Commons license, via Wikipedia
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