The machines were the first to use AC tape bias to practically eliminate ... juice but became the west coast distributor for both Ampex recorders and 3M tapes. Mullin went on to become Crosby ...

but pretty fast for tape. The first practical videotape recorder was from Ampex in 1956 (the VRX-1000; see right). With a price tag of about $50,000 there were not many users and probably no ...

the 8-channel console - nicknamed "The Monster" - was designed to work alongside the world's first 8-track recorder, an Ampex 5258 Sel-Sync tape machine conceived by Paul and built by Ampex ...

While still in college, he joined the small team of Ampex engineers dedicated to inventing the world's first practical video tape recorder, which was introduced in 1956; his focus was the electronics.