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Post by Brad Phipps on Jul 16, 2013 8:50:34 GMT
Would they make copies for sending to other Australian stations? Once they had the microwave link up there was no need for additional prints.
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Post by Charles Daniels on Jul 16, 2013 8:58:43 GMT
Would they make copies for sending to other Australian stations? Once they had the microwave link up there was no need for additional prints. Good point! Do we know when that was? And that still leaves open the possibility that prints could have gone missing, and a second set was emergency ordered?
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Post by Brad Phipps on Jul 16, 2013 9:05:41 GMT
Once they had the microwave link up there was no need for additional prints. Good point! Do we know when that was? And that still leaves open the possibility that prints could have gone missing, and a second set was emergency ordered? Actually not until 1970. There was a coaxial (cable) link between Sydney and Melbourne from the early sixties but I believe the rest were bicycled around the major centers.
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Post by Jon Preddle on Jul 16, 2013 9:26:48 GMT
Would they make copies for sending to other Australian stations? Or could it be that they got one set of prints, lost them, and then had to emergency ask for another set from the BBC? And the missing prints were essentially nicked? And the later ordered prints were returned? Charles, have a look at this site: gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/Australia_TX_1965-1967
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Post by Brad Phipps on Jul 16, 2013 9:52:46 GMT
Would they make copies for sending to other Australian stations? Or could it be that they got one set of prints, lost them, and then had to emergency ask for another set from the BBC? And the missing prints were essentially nicked? And the later ordered prints were returned? Charles, have a look at this site: gallifreybase.com/w/index.php/Australia_TX_1965-1967 That page is sooo crying out for a D.o.T style table my friend...
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Post by Jon Preddle on Jul 16, 2013 19:57:30 GMT
That page is sooo crying out for a D.o.T style table my friend... Oh, I would, but creating colour tables in MediaWiki is a very complicated process.
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Post by Brad Phipps on Jul 16, 2013 20:56:15 GMT
Can you import tables into MediaWiki? Or does it strip the formatting?
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Post by Jon Preddle on Jul 16, 2013 23:25:22 GMT
Can you import tables into MediaWiki? Or does it strip the formatting? It strips the formatting. One can always convert the mark-up in, say, excel first. It's very time-consuming. We've generally steered clear of too many complicated graphs and tables because some browsers don't always correctly support MediaWiki.
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Post by Marty Schultz on Aug 2, 2013 8:24:17 GMT
Once they had the microwave link up there was no need for additional prints. Good point! Do we know when that was? And that still leaves open the possibility that prints could have gone missing, and a second set was emergency ordered? I work with an ex ABC tape operator from 60-80s. He categorically states that up until the late 70s that the microwave and co axial were far too expensive too send serials. Doctor Who and similar were transferred to 2 inch quad tape and air freighted to other stations from Sydney. They were returned via train. The basics of this system were confirmed by a broadcast engineer (ex-national archives) whom I also work with.
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Post by Brad Phipps on Aug 2, 2013 9:56:31 GMT
Good point! Do we know when that was? And that still leaves open the possibility that prints could have gone missing, and a second set was emergency ordered? I work with an ex ABC tape operator from 60-80s. He categorically states that up until the late 70s that the microwave and co axial were far too expensive too send serials. Doctor Who and similar were transferred to 2 inch quad tape and air freighted to other stations from Sydney. They were returned via train. The basics of this system were confirmed by a broadcast engineer (ex-national archives) whom I also work with. Why not make film copies? Would've been a heck of a lot cheaper.
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Post by Rob Moss on Aug 2, 2013 9:58:34 GMT
Cheaper than good old reuseable tape..?
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Post by Arthur Chim on Aug 2, 2013 10:08:36 GMT
I work with an ex ABC tape operator from 60-80s. He categorically states that up until the late 70s that the microwave and co axial were far too expensive too send serials. Doctor Who and similar were transferred to 2 inch quad tape and air freighted to other stations from Sydney. They were returned via train. The basics of this system were confirmed by a broadcast engineer (ex-national archives) whom I also work with. Why not make film copies? Would've been a heck of a lot cheaper. What are the chances of the 2" quad tape film transfers surviving - none I guess. Down to cost of the tape again and being re-useable.
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Post by Marty Schultz on Aug 2, 2013 10:09:29 GMT
Cheaper than good old reuseable tape..? Exactly that's the problem they were re-used. Have been given a couple of follow up people to contact but the chances of Doctor Who tapes not being re-used is extremely slim. The other horrible thing I discovered was that the ABC started to archive Australian 1930s films onto quad tapes (which obviously would not be routinely wiped). They are seemingly gone.
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Post by Marty Schultz on Aug 2, 2013 10:14:21 GMT
Why not make film copies? Would've been a heck of a lot cheaper. What are the chances of the 2" quad tape film transfers surviving - none I guess. Next to nil. However I am following up all the threads I have been given.
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Post by Marty Schultz on Aug 2, 2013 10:16:02 GMT
Of interest also was that he reckoned that they copied onto quad not u-matic up until the early 80s.
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