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RE: Conundrum
April 7, 2012 at 11:29 pm
(April 7, 2012 at 9:28 pm)Godschild Wrote: (April 7, 2012 at 12:34 am)mediamogul Wrote: (April 7, 2012 at 12:31 am)Godschild Wrote: (April 1, 2012 at 10:49 pm)mediamogul Wrote: (April 1, 2012 at 9:26 pm)BoyWonder Wrote: Naaah!
Velociraptors* were fast runners. Not tree climbers.
*BTW: it's amazing that the word ve-lo-ci-rap-tor – five syllables, mind you! – has been able to lodge itself in the American psyche... 
I think Jurassic Park is to thank for that one. I still have it kicking around here somewhere on VHS. Yes, that's right, I said VHS.
You must be older than dirt, I know I am, I have some also.
Awww. Come now. 29 is not that old. I was born in the 80s. That was like the VHS heyday!
Your a spring chicken, I'm long past that, I'm a 8mm film kid .
(April 7, 2012 at 7:02 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Godschild Wrote:You must be older than dirt, I know I am, I have some also.
Yes, but do you have any Betamax?
NO, no I don't, did not go that route. I would say those are a rare beast now. Wow, four negatives in one short sentence, bet I'll hear about that.
You ARE old! Well now I feel a little better. Not about being born in the Reagan era just about my VHS collection. 
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RE: Conundrum
April 8, 2012 at 5:27 am
VHS, Betamax, and Video 2000? That was hyper modern stuff in the late seventies. Straight out of Star Trek. The first media for the masses that joined sound and moving images in one medium! Remember, we came from 8mm, Super 8, 8-track, reel-to-reel 1/4" tape, and 78 rpm records a.o.
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RE: Conundrum
April 8, 2012 at 5:32 am
From the nature of satan to VHS versus betamax the internet is truly random!
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RE: Conundrum
April 8, 2012 at 5:47 am
(April 8, 2012 at 5:32 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: From the nature of satan to VHS versus betamax the internet is truly random!
VHS, Betamax, and Video 2000 ushered in the golden age of pr0n for the masses! Finally the people didn't just get to do it themselves, but could enjoy how 'movie stars' did it. A very inspirational era.
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RE: Conundrum
April 8, 2012 at 6:38 pm
(April 8, 2012 at 5:27 am)Durker Wrote: VHS, Betamax, and Video 2000? That was hyper modern stuff in the late seventies. Straight out of Star Trek. The first media for the masses that joined sound and moving images in one medium! Remember, we came from 8mm, Super 8, 8-track, reel-to-reel 1/4" tape, and 78 rpm records a.o.
Ah, reel to reel still one of the best ways to listen to music.
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RE: Conundrum
April 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm
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Quote:Remember, we came from 8mm, Super 8, 8-track, reel-to-reel 1/4" tape, and 78 rpm records a.o. '
Yup. My pride and joy was a Sony TC 560 ,I bought in Singapore in 1969. (duty free; $180. At home; $520)
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I built my own set of speakers : 3 2X3 (I think,might have been six) cubic feet boxes with bass baffle, 2X8inch Kaltro woofers, 2X2.5inch tweeters,set up parallel to the 2 8inch eliptical lid speakers. The recorder had a 20 watt built in pre amp and amp. Plus I knew a record shop where I could get ANY album in the shop put it on tape for 50 cents. (my army pay was $60 a week, half as much again as a labourer at home.)
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RE: Conundrum
April 9, 2012 at 12:07 am
(April 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm)padraic Wrote: Quote:Remember, we came from 8mm, Super 8, 8-track, reel-to-reel 1/4" tape, and 78 rpm records a.o. '
Yup. My pride and joy was a Sony TC 560 ,I bought in Singapore in 1969. (duty free; $180. At home; $520)
I built my own set of speakers : 3 2X3 (I think,might have been six) cubic feet boxes with bass baffle, 2X8inch Kaltro woofers, 2X2.5inch tweeters,set up parallel to the 2 8inch eliptical lid speakers. The recorder had a 20 watt built in pre amp and amp. Plus I knew a record shop where I could get ANY album in the shop put it on tape for 50 cents. (my army pay was $60 a week, half as much again as a labourer at home.)
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RE: Conundrum
April 9, 2012 at 2:06 am
(April 8, 2012 at 10:56 pm)padraic Wrote: My pride and joy was a Sony TC 560 ,I bought in Singapore in 1969. (duty free; $180. At home; $520)
Yeah, those were the days!
Industrial design was a bit different then . You had to look hard to find anything not plastic about them! Only the spindles, the recording heads, the chassis, and the screws were metal. Even the chrome 'trimmings' on the knobs were really plastic.
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RE: Conundrum
April 9, 2012 at 4:04 am
Quote:Even the chrome 'trimmings' on the knobs were really plastic. Big Grin
Yup --and HEAVY;solid state;that thing weighed 50 pounds. Amazing frequency response, from 20 to 20,000 mhz. (is the measurement right? I know the range is correct). Played mainly rock and jazz.
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RE: Conundrum
April 9, 2012 at 9:41 am
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(April 9, 2012 at 4:04 am)padraic Wrote: from 20 to 20,000 mhz. (is the measurement right? I know the range is correct).
From 20Hz to 20,000Hz, or, if you will, from 20Hz to 20Khz.
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