2 Jul
2002
2 Jul
'02
5:11 a.m.
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002, Gary Hildebrand wrote:
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
I thought there were slides, but I might be wrong. There were
breakout cables with bnc's on one end and a DC37 or similar on the other.
I just picked up a Quantel Limited DPE-5000 video switcher. You ask how
this relates to computers? The interface box is an LSI-11/02 with 4KW of
RAM. Wahoo!
-- Pat
The main guts of the switcher is in that tall 19" wide rackmount unit.
No slides are used; it is bolted in solid, and should have gobs of BNC
connectors on the back for all the video/sync inputs. I presume the
computer part is for either controlling the wipes, or communications
between the control panel and the box of guts. You should also have the 'tub', the switcher
control panel. It would
have multiple rows of pushbuttons (usually internally lighted and
lableled) in pairs of rows, and a fader bar (Tee handle that toggles
from A to B rows). If you don't have that, you have not much more than
junk on your hands.
It's not really the usual tub you get with the stuff... either one small
box with the controls, or a few small boxes with controls. I've played
with 'real equipment' before. I'll try to post a URL with pictures as
soon as I get some shots of it.
About the only value of that stuff would be to someone
who still has one
in service, and they could use it for spare boards. Analog video
switchers nowdays are just so much more fodder for the landfills.
Actually, with small markets - like cable-company run stations, community
TV channels, and LPTV stations, there is a definate market for analog
video 'stuff'. My high school TV 'club' still uses analog equipment
dating back far enough to make it on-top for this list, at least
time-wise.
Personally, I don't see analog TV going away for at least another 10
years. There's a lot of people/community stations that can't afford to
spend the rediculous prices on new digital equipment when replacements for
their analog gear are still available and usable for so much less.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO