Stuart,

I fit the whole replacement switchmode in the machine and there is plenty of space in the original heatsink but I take the new circuit board out of its plastic case where it is double insulated. This means mechanical modifications to the heatsink and extra holes/screws. Plus an earth wire is necessary in the mains lead. The supplies I get here don't have the UK plug anyway.

It is simpler for you to locally source a 12Volt 4Amp switch mode supply (as I said laptops commonly use this sort of supply) and keep it external and I will then tell you how to connect it to make the machine work. You counld probably add a simple DC socket at the back to then plug it in. I had not really considered doing it that way but it would be easy.

cheers Noel

Thanks, Rod.

I agree with everything..save one.

Your country is slowly being taken over by MUSLIMS who are hell bent on imposing Sharia law on you find folks. Take care of your own freedoms before pointing fingers.

Apart from that, I will try not to post again.

Thanks for your help, Ed Beta.

Thanks Pete,

Do you have a comment relating to PAL or NTSC Betamax or do you want another war?

To the others:

These idiots post the same old twaddle and never discuss Betamax.

It's a shame their lives are so empty.

Let us all try to keep this chatpage together and ignore these comments from "Peter" or whatever name he posts under.

Cheers...Ed Beta

noel is an honest and very nice man, i have spoke to him and e-mailed him and he gives good honest advive and its all right he dos'nt lie and bicker he is very friendly helpfull nice and truthfull

You, Snail, are the biggest wind-up merchant here. Some of your posts have been offensive, racist, and borderline mentally ill.

If only this place had an 'block user' function. You would be first on my list.

You're a total fruitcake.

Stuart,

I agree with your assessment of Noel.

He's a fine bloke...just has a little nasty streak at times.

Doesn't know when to stop the bickering.

I'll give him another chance at proving to me that he is really a nice person as you say.

In the meantime, I just won't tolerate his jibes at me. When he does, he receives the same in kind.

>>>>>NTSC (and in a secondary way, PAL) will continue to be discussed on this board as it has for the past 9 years that I have participated. That, my friend, is a promise.

Ed

Fitting laptop PSU into BetaMach?? Very interesting...

Das Snail, meaning The Snail. I am fully behind Noel, he helps people for free who live out of reach of his own contry via this board, and yes I have benefitted from the expert free assistance here and in private email between us. Why on earth should one not be able to refurbish and sell beta decks and parts to those who need them? Just because someone (you) doesn t like it? Grow up you moron.Noel - I would like to ask please how much would be the cost plus shipping of a laptop switchmode power supply as ready to fit to a uk 240v hf950, including instructions on removing old psu and fitting new one. Does everything fit inside the case without any mods to the case itself? Cheers, Stuart.

Oh and people, check the name of the site please, its PALSITE not NTSC SITE so please stop with the never the same colour twice false beta faults.

Won't stop huh Noel?

Just want to continue the devisiveness and hatred of the past.

Sell your DC to DC convertors elswhere.

The pigeons have gone to Yahoo.

Working behind the scenes indeed, I am yet to hear a word of truth!

Oh, one more thing, Pepse.

Since you have the service manual, make sure the power supply ic>STK5441 is kicking out both the +12 and +9 volts its supposed to.

Re-reading what you said, it appears the head and capstan motors weren't turning.

Ed

Hey Pepse,

I remember you back when you had the home theater SL-HFT7 that Andy tried to repair.

Yeah, that Yahoo board is dead. Someone came on here hawking it, but to no avail.

Does the solenoid for the pressure roller kick in when you press play? If not, try holding it in by hand when you press play and see what happens.

Ed

Well, haven't been here in a few years, but I will give my problem a try here and see if anybody has time to advise. I had no responses on the Betamax Group on Yahoo.

Here goes. I have a Sony SL-HF 450 that I've had four years. When I bought it it worked great. But I didn't need it then for a everyday unit as I had a SL-HF 750 (since dead an buried). So, I had the HF 450 in the closet and recently took it out and it will not play a tape. It loads the tape around the drum as it should but when I press "play" it clicks and nothing else happens. It will "FF" and "REW" with no problem. I did notice that the "real time counter" does not move. I have tried about 5 tapes and the counter does not move. For what it's worth I have the service manual for this unit.

Thanx. Later. Pepse.

Yes, Colin it certainly appears to be on track. It was close to being chucked in the skip.

I worked dilligently behind the scenes and the result is apparent.

Straight ahead chaps, well done!

Ed

Good to see the page is back to normal

Hello, I have problem with my HF950 during playback picture only B&W. I check the head is OK, sometimes good color but only at a time{1 hour}. Slow motion and Still is fine but no color also beta hifi lamp cannot lit. everthing was fine few months ago.Many thanks in advanced for the help.

Ahmad.

Don: re cleaning tapes, as per kevin, I advise not using them. The dry ones are indeed abrasive, you only have to look at the dullness of the surface to be aware of that. The wet ones are fabric tape and as such if the fabric is damaged in any place and if this catches on the head tips, ooops thats ripped the video heads out of the drum and you are looking at £300 plus for heads for an hf950. If its a sanyo m40, its bye bye machine as heads no longer available. Proper head cleaning tape path cleaning method as follows - cover off and head amp can swung up out of the way, if the machine is a c9 , hf100 remove the metal cover over the drum.Use cotton wool buds and methylated spirits to clean the following parts and ONLY the following parts - capstan shaft where black oxide will collect where the top and bottom edges of the tape pass. This part alone can take upto 15 minutes to remove bad deposits, and must be manually rotated to clean all the way round it. Pinch roller - best removed and cleaned. Guide posts - usually do not gather oxide, but I still clean them for the sake of completeness. Fixed audio control head to the front right of the drum.TO CLEAN THE DRUM do not use buds anywhere near the gap between upper and lower halves of the drum, this is where the delicate video heads protrude! However you can use buds to clean the bottom rail where the lower tape edge passes as this can gather oxide and affect tape path, same for where the top edge of tape passes, though stay away from the video heads at all times with a cotton bud!To clean the video heads, cut several strips of quality paper and soak in meths. GENTLY press the paper using thumb against the gap between upper and lower drums and then slowly turn the damper assembly at the top of the drum. This will rotate the head disk and you will feel the head tips tickle as they pass under your thumb and the paper. Rotate 3 or 4 times anticlockwise and check for blackness on the paper. Repeat as necessary until paper stays clean.Job done.

The Scotch 3M cleaning tapes are safe and available on eBay.

Noel, yes that's very good and easy inspection.

(if the DRUM motor stop forever =/= Drum motor locked by magnetic field , it's definately need a service.)

Boby,

You are right but you dont need to take the drum out of the machine. Safer to leave it where it is and not risk damaging the heads. The voltages on that lead can be tested while the machine is running and if you have doubts about the actul drum motor you can disconnect the plug and test the motor as Boby suggested with the assemble still in the machine.

cheers Noel

PS; if the DRUM motor stop forever then it's most likely the faulty parts is what Noel said but don't forget there's a possiblity of something not right with the one wich control/triggered the Drum motor.(ie loss of tracking can stop the rotation of the motor)so check the Vss signal. Service manual would be a very good help.

HINT; dismantle the whole DRUM from the machine(it's easy, by loosen the 3 bolts located at the botton chasis)

There are 3 cables wich came along (Red=suplly +,White= Vss ,Black = ground - )

Give 9 volts battery and connect Vss to +positive pole (additional resistor to Vss would be fine for safety)

NORMAL drum motor will rotate/spin independently.

Regards,Boby.

Don:I personally would NEVER recommend cleaning tapes.So it's just as well they are hard to come by.I have three Sony type that came with machines and i would never use them.They ARe MORE ABRASIVE and if used excessively by the uninformed can take years of life from the heads.The 'wet types' also move cleaning fluid and crud around the tape path,only to be picked up when you try a new tape.Run a GOOD QUALITY 'normal tape' through your Beta vcr in forward and reverse ' picture search' modes and they will have the same result , it might take longer but it's a LOT SAFER................Kevin

Don,

Thats a really weird fault on th F30. I would be checking the servo control board voltages especially those to the drum motor. The unusual thing is the counter stopping. It might be two faults, picture and counter dropping out are usually a tape path problem over the audio head and loss of tracking pulse means loss of picture except in pause. Drum motor faults are usually caused by a faulty hall effect sensor.

cheers Noel

Greg,

A good technical question about the DC/DC convertors and in fact most switch mode supplies. Yes that is an issue as they run at higher frequencies for efficiency and have a switching oscillator or bootstrap style oscillators. The outputs incorporate inductor/capacitor filter networks to remove high frequency noise from the rectified DC outputs. The circuits should also be well screened which is why the DC/DC can is soldered up.

cheers Noel

If the sequence is repeteadly, it might be the dry out caps inside the drum motor.

Also Check the voltage in Vss pin-outs from the motor PCB or from the controller board.

Hi folks ! I have seen somewhere on the PAL site that it is virtually impossible to obtain head cleaning cassettes. I have overcome this by simply buying a VHS cleaner and installing the tape into a Betamax cartridge. Note carefully how the tape threads through the Betamax cartridge before dis-mantling !Can anyone help with my problem? Model SL-C30UB. During play, or winding in either directio, the drum slows down gradually and finally stops. Also during play, although the tape is travelling through ok, the picture stops and the counter stops counting.

I was just looking for charge pump design and found many useful info on DC to DC converter. Have you got any clue if such converter may or not to produce interference(spike/outband-frequency)..?

http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/an_pk/2031

it's just an idea...of mine.

Ghoozz I missed the show ...we are we?? Starbuck coffee longue...sound interesting...Bread Talk..aahh yes..junk food MC.D...ugh..my stomag is spinning..I need Cuban Cigar..a shots of Dom Perignon...now I opened my betamax...changed all of the caps and my betamax is in tip-top condition.....now I become an expert of the moron..LOL

Some of us buy thousands of bucks instrument&peripheral just to inspect small component and calibrate them. Repairing costs much more than buying!!

mmmmm yes. If you want a beta in full working order and mint condition with accessories as both noel, kevin and sometimes myself sell on ebay, then of course it will cost. We have worked hard on these decks, at the very least an hour cleaning tape path, heads and pinch roller, cost of alcohol and buds, and then more time to carefully remove dust from circuit boards, cassette bay, and power supply block, which can be notorious for collecting dust, and could be a fire hazard in extreme cases if dust is left in this area. Add the cost of trial tapes and the cost soon mounts. Think of it the same as buying a 1960s car which has been restored. You would expect to pay far more for a restored one than one which had been used and not cared for. Or am I wrong?

Kevin,

Yes he even fakes people to support his warped views.

cheers Noel

found the problem kinda it was either the fact that the tape was shedding on the control head,or that the play record switch was dirty and screwed up, or that the tracking switch's solder joints had broke loose from the board. replaced the tape in my only two cassettes with some svhs tape i had laying around and spliced it to the leaders now i have 2 happy betas :)

i had seen that this was pal oriented but hadn't found anywhere else that i thought could answer the question.

also sorry for all the trouble y'all are having with people like olive. its just sad.

He think we're bunch of moan like himself so he mingle...

Hi Noel:..........I'd also like to add this is a BETA PALSITE chatpage NOT NTSC.My apologies to sincere US enquirers but it seems the ones who are Not associated with the Beta PAL system are causing all the grief.Being a hypocrit too is'nt helping you.ED BETA ( alias /timmy and all the other personas) caused all this grief and now he wants us to stop criticizing his comments.............THINK AGAIN.I refuse to post anymore advise or comments until this weasel goes away.there are ways to go about getting good responses and help.You have just about broken every rule and abused the good way to go about it.................so be it...........you will talk to yourself for a long ,long time.................

Yes - he talks to himself a lot, its just a pity he has to do it here. NOTHING to do with beta.

Above post as Olive is the PLANK , Monday 11th August 2008 3:14 am U.K. Time is genuine.

Uh... that really wasn't the plank. But if you insist... I'll spend my money at home soas not to contaminate your side of the pond with my presence...

I should note that if you don't buy "American" products, eventually they'll stop trying to sell them in your country. It's called the free market, you should try it sometimes...

At any rate, if you feel like buying European-only products you can always try this nice Belgian brew called 'Budweiser' (pending Anheiser Busch's sale to InBev) or watch this French show called "Late Night with Conan O'brien" (Vivendi is a 20% shareholder of NBC-Universal). Seems economic 'imperialism' is a two-way street these.

i have a an sl5800 that has a weird problem if the tracking knob is in the middle the screen jiggles up and down if i slowly turn the knob out of the middlei can some times get it to stop jumping. any suggestions?

And to kick off this new beginning in a proper example, I give you:

THE SLHF-870-D STORY

The Sony SLHF-870-D, SuperBeta HiFi VCR, was an outgrowth of one of the favorites of Betamax Afficionados, the 860-D VCR.

The 870-D has the same basic features of: a Digital EffectsProcessor with Picture in Picture capability, Digital Mosaic, Digital Art (Solarization), Flash Motion (Strobe effect), Multi-mini framed pictures, perfect Digital Freeze Frame, Digital Scan (allowing for visual scanning in the fast forward or reversemode) & Digital Pause, plus all the Editing Features of the 860-Das well, including Synchro-Edit, Micro Time Phase Edit (glitch free),and Control S.

But to these features of the 860-D, the 870-D addedthe EDV-7500's more stable transport mechanism with TapeStabilizer System, the Faroudja Image Processing System, Tilted SputteredSendust Heads, Decorative Walnut Wood End Caps andFour Circular Silver Foot Pods on it's bottom to raise it for betterventilation and a graceful appearance.

It's Video and Stereo Audio performance are spectacular. It is a beautiful and quality Betamax.

DS

OK..I've started this all over.

No more nastiness and absurdities from the membership.

Let's, as I asked repeatedly, to address the one thing we all have in common: BETAMAX.

If we all comply, this site will flourish.

Thanks again to the webmaster for doing what I have requested. I hope you folks don't make me look foolish in his eyes.

DI

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What a plunk.

What a plank

Regards all. Let's talk...cameras!

Technically speaking a CCD camera is better than a tube camera in terms of power usage (very low) and the general robustness of design - you won't nuke the camera accidentally pointing it into the sun. Mind you the Trinicon tube on a BMC-110/220 is pretty good.

Here is a German page with comparisons of the various cameras...

http://www.sps-wagner.de/Betamax/vergleichsbilder.html

Check out Turner Broadcasting. This month they devote a whole day to Greer Garson.

Gotta run, DI

Thanks stuart i will try that, i do not have another p/s to try but will change the cpacitors in it and i have a manual for it so will be able to check the voltage outputs on it, It plays all other tapes in colour just the recordings made on this play in b/w. I will let you know how i get on when ive had a chance to look at it.

Plunk

PLANK

Let's get some backround concerning the problem before jumping to any "pinch roller" conclusion.

We almost had a disaster with the STK5441 solution previously.

Laura, It's probably due to a worn or contaminated pinch roller.

Hi Laura,

Before the tapes wrinkle, what happens to the video and audio?

Does the sound and picture "speed up"?

Need this info to come up with an answer.

Ed Beta

well..have this wierd HF870D that always ruin(wrinkle) tapes, actually this is not my kind of thingie and I don't know how to fix it so here I am...

Heard that some guys can help on beta problem,...

Hi gang...

You no where is Boby?

I need talk.

He good guy, he no leave.

My friends gonna make him rich. They from all over country.

There's no Boby here, she probably gone forever. You'd better find your adorable Charlotte! LOL

Boby from Indonesia,

When you finally list a Betamax goody on ebay, let us know here.

I have lots of friends who are interested in bidding on your auctions.

Same goes for ELCOMINDO.

My way of saying thanks for all you've meant to me and the PalSite.

Das Impostor musta hav more larger doze of meds,,

LOL

Also, does the machine playback tapes NOT recorded on it in bw as well, or are they colour? If the problem had been just affecting av recording and not rf, I would have suggested blowing dust away from the av treminals inside the vcr where they join the pcb as this cured a bw recording fault on av on one of my 3 hf950s, but your issue sounds psu block related.

James, re your bw recording hf100, I would suggest the fault is somewhere in the power supply. If you have a spare, or can get hold of one, try swapping it and see if that helps.

Das has lost the plot completely. You are seriously deranged.

Oliver E Thomas:

Just because you expressed interest, 99% of these posts belonged to your old buddy>Das Imperator.

I'm sure he's a founding member of that trash site you keep hawking.

I remember you when you were Grace Gardner, Julia and all the other foul mouthed creeps.

By the way, how's your supply of NP-1 and NP-11 batteries?

Have a great day...say hi to your wife.

Wowza.. your mad cut and paste skills are a force to be reckoned with. Shouldn't you be plying your trade at the Daily Kos or MoveOn.org or the Democratic Underground? Your trolling would be better served there.

_@_oo

- I only need one part to work for my 750 to be worth the money as i have a 750 with dead video heads already. And this is NOT going up on eBay for 500 bux the minute I get it.

Oh yes you're the next Woodward and frikkin Bernstein. The whole world bows and fears to you. You've exposed my BIG FREAKIN SECRET! I spent exactly $99.99 for a machine worth at least 2 or 3 times as much that if for any reason I can't get working I'll strip for parts. Most likely I will just scrap the other 750 as it has a lot more damage done to it - it actually HAD been dropped and apart from a bent frame it worked OK till the video heads gave up the ghost.

Why don't you show everyone the honkin' huge prize you won for exposing my big frikkin secret evil Beta plan? Come on, lets see your trophies and awards! Where are the lanky supermodels posing beside the giant check they always give out for achievements of your magnificence? What... there are none? You're still a loser troll? Thought so...

The webmaster will have to remove that diry language you just spewed. Wow! Who raised you?

Now me on the other hand will have a 20 year old super-deluxe HiFi Betamax SL-HF 750 VCR for everyone to bow and fear before...

And if not I still have a working Vidimagic FP60 to frighten the natives with...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/betamax

If the webmaster has already removed some abusive posts, why can't he remove all this other nonsense?

Hi, i have a sony sl-hf100 all ok apart from when playing back recordings made on the machiene they play in black and white wheather made from the tuner or the av, anybody any ideas what the cause of this is?thanks very much

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Well all,

The ball was in his court and he has shown what he can do. (and not do, which is change for the better)

You don't just change components and hope for the best. You make measurements to locate the faulty electronic part. Mechanical faults are easier for the average user to fix. Anyway, it's the drum motor that most often fails in Sony machines not the capstan motor.

cheers Noel

PLEASE CAN TO GET BACK TO CHATTING ABOUT BETAMAX PLEASE AND STOP ALL THIS DUMD TALKDAVE

SQUIRRELS!!!!!!!!!

BRB, gonna mail sum anthrax...

Dammit squirrrels! Stop posting with my ID!

Death to Islam! Death to Muslims!

They're after me!

Damn lying squirrels!

Just kidding about the Jews..LOL

Anyway, its been me the whole time, needed to get this site worked up a bit.

I used to post quite a bit in the past.

Had a website as a lad with all the Betamax's that I owned and wished I had.

People would come and and steal my lovely pictures without asking me and post them on that filthy eBay.

My wife at the time would laugh at me for being upset about the pictures.. Even my son Timmy and daughter Laron would laugh under their breath.

I also placed items I collected as a lad, GI-Joe dolls and Barbie and a few others. .Little ashamed to mention the other's ..LOL

My wife insisted I stop playing with them or she was leaving so I shut down the Betamax website and my doll collection and left the Betamax scene ..

My kids are grown, my wife left me and I found my way back to this scene.. Even thinking of launching another Betamax website.. Dusted off a GI-Joe doll and a Barby.

Thats how I came to loving all things alive , electrical and plastic.

That's my story..I'm Timmy and ED and all the other names I used.

I'm the original Das Imperator!

You'll never get rid of me!

We're no strangers to love

You know the rules and so do I

A full commitment's what I'm thinking of

You wouldn't get this from any other guy

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

We've known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching, but

You're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

And if you ask me how I'm feeling

Don't tell me you're too blind to see

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

(Give you up

Give you up)

Never gonna give, never gonna give

(Give you up)

Never gonna give, never gonna give

(Give you up)

We've known each other for so long

Your heart's been aching, but

You're too shy to say it

Inside we both know what's been going on

We know the game and we're gonna play it

I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling

Gotta make you understand

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

Never gonna give you up

Never gonna let you down

Never gonna run around and desert you

Never gonna make you cry

Never gonna say goodbye

Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you

I love pudding

One more thing:Had Charlotte installed the 5441 per CHARLIE, she would have blown the hell out of that Betamax. The differences in pin outputs are scary.So folks, take with a huge grain of salt anything you read on this chatpage.It's just infested with half-wits....Hi Das Snailer

Somebody's off their medication again.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/betamax/

Fully moderated for your protection. With manuals and archival photos.

Also online

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/betavideo/

The other Betamax webgroup at Yahoo.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/oldvtrs/

For fans of video tape recorders like Umatic and the various reel to reel formats

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/philips_vcr/

For fans of the Phillips VCR series formats.

Same goes for the Jews

One more thing:

Had Charlotte installed the 5441 per CHARLIE, she would have blown the hell out of that Betamax. The differences in pin outputs are scary.

So folks, take with a huge grain of salt anything you read on this chatpage.

It's just infested with half-wits....Hi Das Imperator!

Hi Charlie: sounds a klik to me and I'll ask my boyfriend, he's kinda of stuff like that.

Bye all, take care and stay well.

To Charlie and Charlotte:

Just for the record, the correct regulator part number for the SL-HF860 is STK-5478.

I removed the cover from my Beta to verify.

So this will prevent all the creeps on this site who call names and say I give false info.

Tell that to Charlie who has obviously never seen an 860 and is just going by whatever he has read here over the years.

He was correct, however Charlotte, you probably should start with that regulator and if that doesn't help....its the capstan motor.

Snail...formerly Ed Beta

hi all , just a long shot i have a stack maybe 20 tapes , with lots of stuff from the 80's on them? i think most of live aid and other programes like top of the pops, but i dont wish to keep them anymore does anyone have a use for them, hopefully they are stiil useable, kept in a cool case for many years away from magnetic fields.i live in south london , i will even deliver if you live close [email protected]

Charlie...wrong info.

The SL-860D does not carry that 5441 regulator. I know, I own one.

When the capstan motor quits...the symptoms that she reported appears.

To Das Imperatorsnail _@_oo - meep!

Where did you come from..always with the filthy language. NO one even knows who or what you are..go back to the slime you crawled out of and watch Turner Movies that you were crowing about.

"Why does everyone who suddenly appears on here go crying to the webmasters?"

Because you're an a-hole and you need to die in a fire.

Hi Charlotte, Replace the voltage regulator in the power supply of your Beta and all normal functions will be restored. The regulator is marked STK5441 and has 16 leads coming out of it.It costs about $9.00 and can be purchased from MCM electronics in Dayton, Ohio.Hope this helps.This is a very common problem with NTSC beta's.Charlie

I don't what this escapee from the hospital is rambling about.

All of a sudden we get another creature creating havoc on here.

Rambling about Websites, DVD recorders, AOL, FTP, Turner Broadcasting, Magnavox MWR 1006, Nigerian Spammers on and on. A real lonely and sick dude.

Why does everyone who suddenly appears on here go crying to the webmasters?

Come on here and post questions or comments related to the Betamax hobby and stop whining.

Thanks...Snail formerly Ed Beta

I should be really pissed that the resident evil PALchat troll is trying to fool people into thinking he's my old PALchat handle but I have yet to recieve an email from some irate person telling me to stop posting here even though the e-mail address posted was only slightly modified to prevent Nigerian spammers from hassling me. Anyway, I did dash off a complaint to the webmasters and if they doesn't care about this site, why should I?

BTW, since I still use AOL for mail and an FTP space (and for posting this message) if anyone really wants to confirm this is posting is from the "real me" just shoot off an eMail to the address above - after removing the "-lmost-n-ine" bits.

Anyway for the record, my Betamax page was taken down by Yahoo because they decided that I'd somehow violated their TOS - whereas all the dating site scammers and penis pill peddlers haven't. At any rate, I really don't feel like going through the hassle of putting the site back together and I've since moved onto another web project but I still have and enjoy my collection of Betamax and Betacord VCRs and cameras.

Sadly I don't do much taping anymore as there really isn't anything good on TV and what TCM movies I do record, I record on DVD now - incedentally I highly reccommend the Magnavox MWR 1006. Even their 6 hour mode looks pretty good. Too bad nobody had a 4 1/2 hour mode for people looking to dump L750 BIII recordings straight to DVD.

I should have said:

DENISH aka SINCLAIR aka Jurgen Van Dammege aka Enghal

This thing is posting on here with 4 names in a manner of days.

Each time he posts he adds nothing.

This, my friends, is an example of what I have consistenly tried to describe.

DENISH aka SINCLAIR:

Didn't take you long to muck things up, did it?

Worst paradigm I've ever seen in life.

Charlotte...CLICK ON THE WORN CAPSTAN PICTURE!

Hi, just got a faulty HF860D from a friend, unit turn-on but can't accept tapes. Maybe if anyone can help, I live in Centreville Virginia.

in hope Charlotte.

Please ignore the above sick person with cycles of so much profanity posts using others mails&names.

Louis,

This is exactly what I feared.

"Boby" and "olive" report here under aliases and continue the divisiveness.

I've tried countless times to end this ridiculous personal attack (they have even gone so far as to post my address) but to no avail.

I have begged Kevin to come back and contribute in light of the dried up supply of Sanyo belts in the U.K...but it seems he has decided to turn his back on this chaos created by a couple of "members".

We can only hope that Boby of Indonesia and Olive of Chicago turn to stamp collecting or riding buses and leave us in peace.

I only pray so....Snail, formerly Ed Beta