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"R Flowers" (rflowers@Tinbowlinggreen.com) writes:
> "Chris Young" wrote in message
> news:KFvvg.55$T95.18@fe05.lga...
>> Listening to you guys talk about this stuff is beyond fascinating to me.
>> Seriously, you guys rock!!! I had no knowledge of the "TV Typewriter"
>> growing up. Talk about a cool project to build. I wonder how many of these
>> got built and used as computer props in the 70's Sci-Fi / Tech type shows
>> and movies?
>> Very cool stuff.
>>
>
> I was speculating that the 'TV Typewriter' may have found some use in
> titling home video projects, albeit crudely. Then I realized - 1973? Wow,
> not too many VCRs out there at that time!
>
I have seen one of the early articles about the thing, and "video titling"
sounds like the sort of suggestion that would have been included under
things to use it for. The problem being that it may not have been the
right sync rates to match commercial standards, and there was no built in
mechanism to overlay the titles on a video.
But if it wasn't 1973, it was the following year, I remember seeing surplus
video machines for sale in the hobby magazines. There was a fair amount of
"home video" equipment at the time, with some groups using it to produce
their own "tv programs" that would be distributed via videotape through
the mail.
No, it was miniscule compare to when the VCR as we know it came along, but
it was there, and they would have been hungry for cheap accessories.
That sort of thing was available to commercial projects, be it movie
making or tv work. But low budget work wouldn't have an existing terminal
lying around, or the money to buy one.
Michael
> But there were a few, even though they were expensive. Anybody that would
> build the TV Typewriter, though, would probably be an early adopter.
>
> -- R Flowers
>
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