I haven't tried this one to see if it will work beyond powering up and transporting the tape, I did however test the Quasar VR1000 and it works fine!
Check out the other post I made in this forum on it.
W3XWT, what do you mean when you say the IVC 700 is a dog, performance or reliability, or both?
At this point it's really not an issue, I'm not planning on using it for anything other than a toy to fiddle with but I did want to keep it from going to the recyclers.