On Sunday 10 August 2008 17:10, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> We had a bit of fun tripping down memory lane resurrecting a VTR to play > >> back something from 1974 just a few weeks back. That's a year before we > >> officially had colour TV in Australia, though I can see that some of the > >> recordings did have colour sub-carrier present. Somewhere I've got > >> another half-inch open-reel tape with "Apollo mission" written on the > >> box. It's old enough that it might be a live off-air recording, rather > >> than some documentary after the fact. But it's a different format, so > >> I'll have to do some scrounging for another machine. > > Gene Heskett: > > The Apollo tape sounds interesting! 1974 would probably have been a > > 3/4" sony u-matic. Quite common in the day, but that was early in > > that era too. > > Only in the stations. It would be the early-mid-1980s before Umatics > were seen outside of them, over here. Beta and VHS came out a lot later > here, than overseas, too (mid-late-1980s). So, in the 70s, it would > have been reel-to-reel equipment in schools, and the like. There'd be > very few home VTRs. > > > No idea what the 1/2" format would have been, there were several false > > starts before u-matic took over the field for 20 years in the smaller > > markets. > > If I remember correctly, it was one of the Sony machines with the larger > head drums. I had two of them [1], but they were knackered long ago. I > gave them away to someone who collects junk television equipment, and > didn't really care if they worked or not. He's got more space than me, > and if I find the tape, I can always pay him a visit with the VTR's > service manual and a CRO. > > I've still got two other VTRS that had the smaller head drums, one of > them plays fairly well [2], the other has bad servo hunting and the > pinch roller doesn't grip [3]. The pivot point for the arm that swings > it back and forth is stiff, and several hours of lubing and wiggling > hasn't helped. But I don't think the tape played on these machines. Of > course it's about twenty years since I tried to play that tape. And the > only thing I can remember about the pictures on the tape was the rather > chunky flashing super over the picture (that it was very chunky, not > what it said, nor what the pictures were). > > Someone else's pictures of the same model VTRs: > 1. http://www.oldtechnology.net/images/sonycv2100.jpg > 2. http://www.rewindmuseum.com/images3/nv3030.gif > 3. http://www.oldtechnology.net/images/sonyav3620.jpg > > I've got the service manuals, still, for 1 and 3. Never had one for 2. > I used to have one of the portable recorders, but I gave that to a > friend about twenty years ago. Yeah right, it's got a handle, a > shoulder strap, and uses 12 volt batteries, so it's portable, never mind > that it weighs ten tonnes... > > You young people and your DVDs and MiniDVs don't know how easy your have > it. One of my cameras weighs as much as I do. ;-) > > -- > [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r > 2.6.25.11-97.fc9.i686 Link to the one I'm wanting to clean the video head on below. Link to image borrowed from a site where someone is wanting to sell the whole shooting match, including camera, and ac power supply for the lowly sum of £25. Slight prob with the vcr's eject button not working. http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s...um/beta004.jpg Nigel. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
