Interesting pick up at a Recycle Shop

[ChrisW6ATV]

Very cool find. Where is your recycle store? Those machines were developed and maybe built here in the San Francisco area, if I remember right. I came close to buying one (an open mechanism just like what you got) as my first VCR decades ago, before I found an affordable Sony Betamax machine.

[hyperneo]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

Very cool find. Where is your recycle store? Those machines were developed and maybe built here in the San Francisco area, if I remember right. I came close to buying one (an open mechanism just like what you got) as my first VCR decades ago, before I found an affordable Sony Betamax machine.

I do most of my recycle shopping at weird stuff and HSC, however their prices are a little high (I'm in the Bay area too) Shopping at anything Goodwill is impossible in the bay area as everything is always picked clean.

[hyperneo]

Went back today and they handed me this, 4 boxes full of tapes. Some even sealed, new.

[mgross0]

I seem to remember a story about most of the cartridges being destroyed due to improper storage at the factory. Is there any truth to that?