Cool little modulator

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Fri Jun 6 17:13:00 2003

> I still have a circa 1980 Sony Beta that's 8" high 14" deep and about 18" long
> and it weighs a *lot*, however, it still works. (I saved it from a scrapyard and replaced

Betamax is _modern_ :-)... I have a pair of 1972-vintage Philips N1500s
still in working condition (and still, AFAIK, with the original heads --
the only things I've had to replace are the belts and one transistor). I
have some even older Sony reel-to-reel VTRs, but those have had head
replacements (done the hard way, using betamax head tips on the original
beam...)

I really must sort out my Philips V2000 machines. It is said they give a
very good picture, and I must also admit that some of the features, like
'dynamic track following' with the heads mounted on peizo-actuators,
appear to the hacker in me :-)

Of course I have the service manuals for all of the above, but then I
would, right :-)

-tony
Received on Fri Jun 06 2003 - 17:13:00 BST