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Posted by Steve on 02/14/06 03:55
I think that in this case, the theory that "it may be worth something
someday" has proved itself optimistic at best. Freeing up three cubic feet
or so in my office may have a higher value.
<blackburst@aol.com> wrote in message
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> If it works (which is to say, it doesn't "eat" tapes, a common 3/4"
> problem), it could be valuable. These decks are getting hard to come
> by, hard to find replacement parts. There are lots of old 3/4" archives
> out there dying to be transferred to digital, and they need a source
> deck to do it.
>
> I'm lucky in that I still have 6 working Sony 5000 or 7000 seried
> decks. Hey, I still have a 5800, 5850 and RM-440 that work for editing!
>
> It's like most old video formats: They have an intrinsic value, and
> SOMEBODY will need one someday for dubbing.
>
> Anybody want to trade a working 1/2" black and white reel-to-reel deck
> for a working VP-7020? I have some old 1/2" tapes I'd love to dub...
>
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