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Posted by David Clayton on July 18, 2008, 1:31 am
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On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:39:06 -0400, Mark Smith wrote:
> I owned one of the famous Realistic brand open reel tape recorders.
> Fabrication was iffy, but with an abundant supply of paper clips and
> rubber bands I kept it in repair for ten years :-)
I still have one - it was a rebranded Teac X3 and the last time I fired
it up it was still functional (although the rubber Capstan is starting to
show its age).
I probably should retension the reel mechanisms to spec, but it has been
about 25 years since I have done that sort of maintenance to tape
decks..... ;-)
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Regards, David.
David Clayton
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Knowledge is a measure of how many answers you have, intelligence is a
measure of how many questions you have.
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