Posted by Steve M on 03/14/06 16:14

Sorry, "Joe" of this newsgroup (see above in this thread) has carted off the
deck. Hopefully he is getting more use from it than I did...


"Ty Ford" <tyreeford@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:tvydnShu7_YhsZzZRVn-gQ@comcast.com...
> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:26:08 -0500, blackburst@aol.com wrote
> (in article <1140924368.614802.236900@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com>):
>
> >
> > doc wrote:
> >> one station we work with, would rather have 3/4" than betacam, since
all
> >> their betacam decks have gone bye bye and to fix them is over $500
while
> >> they can pick up a 3/4" for about 100 bux.
> >>
> >> HEY ANYONE NEED 3/4" TAPE? I HAVE ABOUT 40 REGULAR TAPES AND 30 OR SO
SP
> >> TAPES. LET ME KNOW (EMAIL ME) AND I'LL GIVE YA A GOOD BUY. I ALSO
HAVE
> >> SOME BETCAM TAPES AND EVEN A BETAMAX PLAYER AND SOME TAPES (EVEN
PRERECORDED
> >> MOVIES :o)
> >
> > At the college where I used to teach, I had about 40 CASES of new,
> > unused Ampex U-Matic tapes, 30s & 60s. And a master tape library of
> > about 3000 titles on 3/4"!!!
> >
> > My department head refused to front me a few 3/4" tapes when I needed
> > them. As for the library, he wanted them converted to DVDs - not
> > through an outboard recorder, but through Final Cut Pro. Yeah, right...
> >
>
> If the 3/4 inch machine hasn't been picked. I may be interested.
>
> Ty Ford
>
>
> -- Ty Ford's equipment reviews, audio samples, rates and other
audiocentric
> stuff are at www.tyford.com
>

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