Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1
Museum Of Broadcast Technology: Tape Room 1
When I began to collect cameras in 2004, Chuck Pharis introduced me to Paul Beck and Tom Sprague. Tom was just beginning to create the Museum Of Broadcast Technology in Wonsocket, RI., and with the help of Paul, Jay Ballard, Pete Fasciano (inventor of Avid) and Mark Berman, Tom has put together an unbelievable collection of television technology.
I am proud to have located about 6 of these 40+ quad machines for them and they have been a great help to me with cameras, of which they now have nearly 70.
A partial list of restored VTRs included the RCA TR-70B, TR-60, TR-600 and a revamped AMPEX VR-1000B with VR-1200 electronics. Other VTRs featured in this video are RCA TRT-2, RCA TCR-100, RCA TR-22, AMPEX VR-1200, AVR-2 and AVR-3.
This is just up the road from me. I had no idea. I’m passing the word!