If anyone (Sean) would scan me a nice high res image, I could do a much better job.. only having a 7KB file to work with doesn't work well.. :)

What do you need an image scanned of? I don't have the wiring diagram of an HVC but Rich might. I'll ask Rich. Rich knows everything... NO really, at least when it comes to video.

Well.... why do the chat page owners take off our snalie-grams but don't take off yukky messages like that one? OH well. I found my InfoCadmium NoPower-11 cell.... I charged it and it ran Betamie for quite a while. Hee hee.. Guess a couple months of not being used didn't hurt it at all. Battybank didn't do quite a good job on the batty case seal, because it fell apart with just a little tug from me. Who cares, LOL, I'm just glad I found my info-Nutria cell because now I can take Betamie to the rodeo and look like a ENG person, LOL! And I'll b sure to take my "4SanAntonio - Intern" badge, too! eeeeeee! ___@_**-[Intern]

AM LOOKING FOR SOMEONE TO BUY MY TAPES,MOVIES,AND BETAS

i have recently put together a new audio/video system incorporating an old zenith vr 9775 beta that i have not used in years.the unit still works fine, but i noticed that it has a mind of it's own....it turns itself on and off and the l e d display is constantly flashing different data...it seems possessed....anybody out there have any ideas...i have tons of recorded tapes and would really like to re-activate this neat and as i remember very expensive machine.thank's harold

Sean:

Scan of your ßetaBunny bumper stickers.. so I can do a better ßeta On Boardwww.geocities.com/lectroncity

I see. I can do that. Easy. Got the SLO-260, it needs a belt. it has gotta be the best-built beta I've seen, all the functions and so on are very crisp, the controls clearly labeled, etc. The Beta logo on it is one we haven't seen before.

to papalazaru; there are a couple ways of dealing with your 'sag' problem. Either try burning off the excess with a blowtorch, heat gun or solding iron or you can trim to fit with tinsnips or a Dremel rotary tool.

hope that helps

I just bought one of those terrific scisors that cuts anything... I'd be glad to lend it out... I've heard a dull spoon works wonders, as well...

_@_v If you still have a Radio Shack Model 20 Beta VCR, I've uploaded the Radio Shack online 'faxback' manual for this unit at the Betamax Videographer.

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

Radio Shack changed their site around and I can no longer find the page that used to have it loaded.

This includes several illustrations and diagrams of this model.

It's in the Betamax Videographer' files' section. If you're already a member you can just goto...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/TheBetamaxVideographer/files/model_20_man.zip

"This unit has noisey video and seems to have it without even the tape playing it causes white specks across the pictuire."http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3001551173&category=15099

Could the PCM switch be on? Or are there bigger problems at hand?

Digital effects board is shot in the 860d unit, you asked about. I'd run away from it, as fast as I can!!!

or drop it on a nest of snails

I wonder what would be the effect of simply removing the Digital effects board like Sony did to the SL-HF-200D to make the SL-HF-2000? Maybe some other modification is involved? It seems that when the chopped the humorously incongrous and somewhat juvenile posting, they also snipped some of ours! (No pun intended...)

well sean buy it and try it, and if it doesn't work, lemme have it. It'll be up on ebay that same nite as an "untested VCR - no TV to hook it up to." :):):)

OK, now the chances that I will actually get an email with someone about this are slim to none cause I've tried before, but I desperately need it. I have 6 betas, a Sony SL-HF300, SL-HF400, SLP-305, and Sanyo VCR-7200, VCR-4030, and VCR-3900II. Out of all those 2 work CORRECTLY. The 7200 and 4030 function, but the 7200 has a horrible flutter problem and the 4030 eats tapes when you try to record, which is useless to me since I'm in the middle of an editing project. The 3900II had a bad head when I bought it and really bad REW and FF problems, so I took a couple of parts out of it for the 4030, which is now useless as well. The HF300 works fine, and so does the SLP305, but its a player only, not a recorder. What I really need to do is get my HF400 fixed. ALL THAT IT NEEDS is a FU-38 circuit board. It's cracked right down the middle and it prevents it from doing anything, not to mention that Back to the Future is stuck in it. I DESPERATELY NEED THIS CIRCUIT BOARD! PLEASE if you have the part or an HF400 with a bad loading mechanism (I can just take the mechanism out of the one I have and put it in the other one) LET ME KNOW!!!! I need it ASAP!!! Thanks for ANY help that anyone might have. my email is [email protected] just to clarify. Thanks

I remember Andy Sanchez mentioning that the SL-HF 300 and SL-HF 400 shred several boards and you might be able to swap between them. Also I think Jesse Alonzo had an SL-HF 400 that wasn't running. Unless he released it in the wild at some time he might be able to offer you a board or two...

I've got an SL-HF-600 with whacked out heads and tracking. The heads are worn don to nothing, basically. I was going to send it to Andy but he doesn't repond to my EMails anymore, I don't know why. If anyone has had luck contacting him, let me know, but if I can't get in touch with him I'd be glad to look and see if the 600 has a suitable board and then part the unit out at very reasonable prices (no more than, say, $20-25 for that board if it has it). Since I only paid something like $100 for it I'm sure to make lots of money parting it out at fire-sale prices. Since I have The following units in good working order: SL-HF-900, SL-2001, SL-20, SLO-1400 (+ parts deck) SLO-260 (needs belt) SLO-340, SLO-323, and so on, the 600 is really extraneous in its condition and I'd rather recoup funds for another spectacular unit ('nother 900? dare I say it, a 1000?) thatn fix the 600, I'll re-post on this subject when my other industrials (SLO-260, SLO-323, SLO-1400) are confirmend to be runners. As you can see I have quite a bit in th industrials. They are nice machines. The 260 DOES have a full tuner. If anyone sees the timer for it please let me know. It would make a nice accessory.

That's cool. If I remember right, the 600 has more buttons on the board that I need than the 400 does. The FU-38 is the one with Play, FF, Rew, etc. on it. Thanks for the help. Marcus

Maybe putting that board on it would upgrade it to have more functions? Have you thought of resoldering across the bad connections? And Andy just contacted me, he might still be interrested in the 600...

Yeah, I tried to solder back across the connections back when it first happened, but what I had to solder is really small and it didn't work, so I just put it in my closet.

The SL -HF 400 and SL-HF 600 have the same button array around the transport controls (PLAY FF RR STOP REC PAUSE etc) as well as the TRACKING knob and INPUT and MPX switches so presumably you can use the same board for both.

There does seem to be a frame advance and tape return switch that may be on that control board in the 600 and not on the 400 but I've never been under the hood so they may be on a separate board...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3307502661&category=1163

Notice the label on the cassette...

Interesting to note that only Beta labels were made for this release.

To Casimir

The EVS 1000E is a great machine - the things it is missing are frame by frame in the reverse direction and proper RC time code for editing. The EVS 9000E has both these. and is the best domestic Hi8 machine there is. I would value it today at about 120/ 140pound, so I hope you didn't pay too much for it!

You can use digital 8 tapes on Hi8 perfectly. A D8-60 tape will give you 90mins at SP on Hi8.

The reason EVS1000 can do perfect editing is because it has flying erase head [there are 5 heads on the EVS1000 drum - 2 for picture and sound recording, 2 special heads for trick picture modes and 1 for erase]

Hi8 [and video 8] can have PCM stereo because when the format was developed SONY though about the future and made the tape wrap on 8mm 270degrees instead of 186 like Beta. The picture only needs the same space [186degrees] so there is a section of 'dead' tape which can be used to store something else [like digital stereo sound or timecode for editing]

Hi8 conventional FM stereo is recorded by the picture heads [like all video formats in the USA] but in the UK, all other formats need extra heads to record FM stereo. Again, Sony decided to make a format that would be universal worldwide. That's why UK and US 8mm camcorders can play each others tapes in stereo too.

Sony made a video 8 machine in the '80s that recorded 6 channels of PCM stereo on one tape - a great idea for a multitrack for your studio - the only problem was that you couldn't record or play all 6 at once - you had to select which pair of channels you wanted - obviously they didn't want to build a machine with 6 A/D and D/A convertors in it when the majority of people wouldn't use it. I assume they couldn't guarrantee gettin all six tracks in sync by switching the convertors fast enough so they didn't do it.

Anyway enough about 8mm - except that the early machines - like the EVA300 and 'V' series camcorders were based heavily on the Beta ring loading mech, but just smaller - they are good to work on.

And before anyone comments, I know I mention in the above post about UK & US camcorders being compatable. Really what I should have said was that 8mm camcorders that are designed to playback foreign formats [EG a UK PAL machine playing an NTSC tape] will do so in stereo. Most UK VHS machines that pay US tapes will NOT playback an NTSC tape in stereo.

just before anyone starts complaining.

Actually, US VHS does require a separate set of off-axis heads to record the hi-fi/afm audio. Beta and Video8 use the video heads to to the same. Maybe the reason NTSC-playable PAL decks won't work is cuz the PAL hi-fi heads are at a completely different angle making it difficult to add NTSC hi-fi?

Maybe the same applies to Beta which is the reason Sony never made a multi-system Betamax w/ hi-fi? I'd guess they need to have a sepaarate set of audio heads on the drum used only in PAL/SECAM operations.

Marcus I have your FU(**)-38 board that you asked for, however this comes from a SL-HF400 that was "delivered" by our excellent Postl Service (which is why the damned thing is busted to begin with). The thing has a crack along the LINE/PCM and MPX FILTER switches. Plus it has a little piece missing right above the power switch (dont think the trax are broken though. Want it for $1 and postage? The wires on the buses that lead out of it are cut, though. Couldn't get'em off without cracking the board more.

well GEe I

well GEe I wonder if it's due to dirty power... You guys really should protect your Betas with an APC UPS. Not that they need to be backed up by battery (unless you're like me that throws the remote at the TV if the power went out halfway through All My Children), but the UPS will even out the power (unlike a stupid surge protector which only deals with surges), during brownouts and surges. You've also got a $25.000 connected equipment guarantee. http://www.apcc.com GEe the palsite owners must be so proud of us, that we're not doing snailograms and talking technical for a change. :) I found a Sansui reverb amp RA-500 at GEoodwill today... What is a reverb amp? LOL, I haven't hooked it up yet but will in a minute, Just thought I'd ask.

The only differences I know of between the SL-HF400 and 600 are that the 600 adds a frame advance button and random-access tuning on the unit...other than that I think they are identical. How long did 8mm decks use the Beta-like ring loading system? All the 8mm decks I have seen (all Sony handycam camcorders) use an M-load like VHS. Also my CCD-TRV87 camcorder has a 3-head drum-2 I assumed are for video+hifi audio and the 3rd for flying erase, but the camcorder also has the CLEANEST still, slow motion and frame by frame playback of any analog video cassette recorder I've ever used. The still picture (PLAY-PAUSE mode) looks like a still photograph on the TV screen. How is this possible with only 2 video heads? Is it possible that it also uses the flying erase head as a special effect head?

Actually, I got an email from Andy Sanchez last night and he has the board that I'm looking for, so I'm gonna buy it from him. Also, I asked him but hes not sure, is it possible to mod a SLP-305 industrial player model to record? If so, how hard is it?

Marcus

Anyone need an SL-HF 100EC? Only $50 BIN...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3003241158

Heya everybody!Big day on the beta front! Got the BUgs bunny bumper stickers, except they're NOT bumper stickers. They're removable labels. One will still look nice INSIDE the window of the Buick, and I will still be scaning them as soon as I get my scanner back up and going (Windows ME ate the drivers and I didn't use it enought to warrant puting them back on. Now I have a couple things I want to scan so this is a good idea.

Furthermore I got the SLO machines, the SLO-323 is in fine shape, formerly owned by McDonald Douglas. It had one minor problem, part of the mech. that activates the rewind funtion had fallen out, so it needed to be put back in. The machine works a treat. The 1400 seems to have speed problems and MASSIVE video issues. But, hey, it powers up. So maybe I can "frankenbeta" my two 1400s to make one runner.

Cheers

Anyone familiar w/ the an SL-800ME? It looks like an 8-system deck (!!), but I wish the pix were a bit larger and more close-up. Guy says he can't test it because it has a Continental Europe plug on it. I was looking to see if it had a 110/220V switch on it like some equipment w/ that plug does (or maube auto-voltage?). An adaptor for that can be had at the RatShack. Starting $15.99 isn't bad.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3002980647&category=21168

Sean, here's another of those SLO-383 Battleships. Says it records video fine but the audio is low and noisy. Maybe the audio head needs a very good cleaning? Starts @ a buck, tho.

anyone like SL HF 1000......... with linear skate loadind...........heuheueuehe

What WAS that last post supposed to be???

Anyway, the 383 is a breat deck but I'm running real low on space right now. I have a plan to deal with that, however. Anyway, I saw that 800ME and if I get anything I'd get that since it would fit where my 600 is now (Andy wants the 600) so that's great. Actually it would have to go near my PC since that is the only thing I have that can make sense of the standards, althought my video card CAN convert standards! Yipee!

_@_¼¼ - mite sleech that 800 -aMiE myself...

I see a lot of NTSC Beta movies I might want if I had a player...

Anyone know if an operating manual exists for a Sony PAL Betamax model SLO-1700 - the stereo mastering version -no tuner, 2 VU meters. And I am in Sydney Australia.

tinkering with some image cap software on my compy and I noticed it can do SECAM & NTSC. Switched to NTSC - nothing really happened switch to SECAM and everything was purple.

Sean, BTW: Those 323/383 decks record only in X1 right? If I was to send you a tape, could you record something for me in that speed? I don't care what, I'd just like a newer tape done in X1 for some testing and comparison purposes.

The 800ME should have a univolt supply, my 50ME does. BTW.. if anyone wants my 50ME (if Andy doesn't take it on trade for an SLO-1800) I would sell it at a reasonable price. It works great.. I've tested record and playback in NTSC, and playback in PAL.

The 320, 323, 325 and 383 only recorded in X-1. the 325 can play back any speed, however, so it is regarded as superioir. I would be glad to make a tape at X-1 for you. With the cariable speed playback you can sometimes convince the 323 to play back X-2 tapes but don't ever count on it. The 320 is inherently faulty, stay away from them at all costs.

_@_¼¼-meep! my new homepage! sleeched a template from a friend's page and recoded it for my FTP webspace.

http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/frannyland.html

If anyone noticed that PALchat wasn't loading last night...

It turns out some hacker let loose a virus/worm thingie on the internet that amongst other thing knocked greater portions of Korea off the net. If they could create a virus that only got rid of spam mail and pop-up ads we wouldn't mind them....

Hey guys! I got an HF450 that was in working order according to the guy on Yahoo auctions where I bought it pretty cheap. Problem is that is was damaged in shipping by UPS (gaah!). It looks to me like the package was dropped from a height and hit w/ a pretty good amount of impact. The right, rear corner is banged up and the part of the rear panel (around the A/V jacks) is bashed in! Worse, two of the circuit boards are cracked. These boards are the SS-10 and AU-19 (top and middle in the triple-stack). The cracks extend around the corners where they were screwed to the mounts on the chassis. Also, the thingie attached to the SS-10 that is used to hit the channel-set switches broke off. The power supply, tech mechanism and the board behind the front panel appear to be undamaged. I'm thinking maybe I can superglue the peices of the abovementioned boards back together and then jump the broken traces, I just might get it back to working order. Then I'll see if I can bang out the dents in the corner chassis and rear panel. My question is: Does anyone have a junk HF450 they're cannibalizing for parts? If so, I'd gladly take the SS-10 (w/ channel mech), AU-19 (w/ the A/V jacks on it), the black plastic cover that goes over the RF jacks as well as the cover for the front panel assembly (one of the clips musta broke on that that, too). Also, the unit cover w/ the channel control door (latter was missing on the deck). So, if anyone has these, let's talk. I might be able to save this poor ßeta, yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3002877321&category=15099This [email protected] seller seems to be some kind of dealer in high-end VCRs. Besides this SL-HF2000, I've seen him selling SL-HF2100s, SL-HF1000s, SLV-R1000s, SLV-R5UCs, SL-HF900s, and some Hi8 decks before.

Madness would an HF400 work? I got one thats just taking up space. Pretty banged up though, and it can't seem to get the video drum to spin. Well Sean, if you ever run out of space... ee hee heee. the Wards Home is always accepting new foster children.

Olive:

Where did you hear about that hacker? I couldn't access the net with either of my ISP's for most of yesterday, and would love to read why.

Madness:

I just happen to have a 450 here that has power supply problems, but I believe all the parts you need are intact. E-mail me, and we'll deal. Maybe you have something there I need. :)

_@_v - oh and i got some nice document labels from the Morleys Fine Tobacco Products branch office in San Antonio Texas...

Was BetaLore II down?

_@_¼¼- the Betalore page... http://www.quicktopic.com/16/H/7L8CrFSk7E7

wasn't affected

i need a betamax player cheap but must be a sony c6 or c7 or sl8000 or sanyo vtc9300 or vtc9100 or vbs7000 please contact me if you have one forsale

Try checking here...

http://videorecorder-verkauf.de/Betamax.html

or here

http://www.marktplaats.nl/print.php3?g=video&u=betamaxrecorders

At least I know what "UPS" REALLY stands for: Useless Piece of S***!!

franny:give us break! at least sean and jesse had enough balls to post real pictures of themselves!we don't care what you really look like.if you're too self conscious to post an actual photo i'm sure we would find a picture of a snail more amusing!{but less pleasant}

They do tend to bang stuff up. I get boxes that started out square, and end up drum-shaped. All the corners beat in. My first SLO-1400 came that way. FedEx usually does a bit better, and sometimes so does the post office. A friend of mine had an even more derisive name for them, although it's really quite unprintable... Think about it.

I think Franny posted a picture of herself once, actually, believe it or not, IMHO she looks good enough that I had to ask if that actually was her... anyway, let's not fault her too much, just using your real name is something on the internet! (No offense to Madness, DasImperator, or anyone else. Your concerns are fully grounded in reality.)

Anyway, I mentioned my SLO-1400 has some video issues... slow playback, very noisy, uninteligible picture, etc. I'm going to try to clean it up inside but I'm not sure that will help. What are the symptoms of bad electrolytics in that type of deck, that may be the issue.

Been using that piccy for my various web pages since I got my own internet but if you insist

http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/frannypix/4789959.jpg

or maybe this is to your liking?

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6210/dsn12.jpg

Actually... the issue with UPS is that people mispronounce it... they think it's pronounced "ups"... but in reality, it's pronounced "oops".. :P

I hear they're gonna merge the two big shipping companies and call it 'Fed Up'

2nd link doesn't work .let's see a pic of you holding today's newspaper,or better yet,one of your betas!sean's glasses are probably too steamed up for him to see clearly!

I don't take marching oders from you or anyone

no orders,just a simple polite request.take the challenge or leave it.we will still enjoy your page,no matter what you really look like!

I'm not so doubting, I believe that that is you in the "trenchcoat" photo. Consistant with a BMC-5xx as you say it was taken with. I wouldn't even call it a "Challenge" either. Do what you will, I for one won't think any less of you no matter what you do.

well Sean are you sure the SLO(w)-1400 you have isn't a VHS? Sure sounds like a JVC one.

well I'm not so sure that is Franny. Everyone take a look at this link http://www.geocities.com/latinopikachu/thenewme.jpg LOL! So there, everyone knows what I look like. Hmmm.. Well Franny what if smoky guy told you to? Wudja do it then?! :):):)

best i can do on short notice http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/frannypix/exited.jpg

jenny-cam doesn't count. I wish I knew when our station was throwing away their oxides,.... no one seems to know

Well Jesse, it looks like you just put both feet in your mouth.. That link's a dud and Franny's works; to which I shamelessly wonder how to type a 'wolf whistle'. No, the 1400 is definitely a Sony Beta. I wonder if it jsut has VERY dirty heads, also perhaps if the capstand and pinch roller aren't gripping properly, it wouldn't be able to move the tape properly no matter how high you set the cap free. Beta HiFi is a good point of reference for checking that, because even the slightest discrepancy in speed causes errors in Beta HiFi.

Well look up the directory chain if you want to find a nice one you like...

nyah, nyah, nyah!!!! That link DOES work but idiot geocities doesn't allow direct viewing. Dammit!

I did. I gotta say, the cat at the computer is quite cute... not to mention some of those girls at the love parade... Anyhow, on a more serious note, anyone know how far the differences between the SL-2000 and SL-2001 go? I've got both, but only the 2001 works (Like a dream, I might add) and I was wondering if simply adding the front panel off of the 2000 would give it swing search and so forth. I ask because it says in the manual, that, if you have the TT-2000, and the remote, you cannot use the swing search or reverse play or anything like that...

This one is definately not me though...

http://home.nycap.rr.com/frannylandde/frannypix/6893015.jpg

I figgured that out...

If you have a Geocities account you can see other people's geocities pix. the one pic I'd linked was of a very cutely posed snailie

The snailie was at this site...

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/6210/

lotsa snailies there

I've had to change boards on an SL-2000 and I imagine if all you needed to do was swap mechanisms you could franken-beta your SL-2001. You'd have to be able to change all off the board not just bits of it. So if the SL-2000 isn't just mechanically dead but electronically as well yer hosed...

Nope, the 2000 is electronically sound but can't spin its head drum anymore. I'll probably swap any boards that are different...

Well in the SL-F1 it's really one board with folds and a sub-boards. You'd have to be able to resolder plastic ribbon strips to try and just change the faade board, for example. Also doesn't the SL-2001 also have a mechanical tape counter to deal with?

sean or anyone else do you want to do some community service and fix my SL-2000? Its camera fuse GE'd out and it needs some work on its batty connector (really loose, have to press down on connection so NoPower-1 will power it.

The SL-2000 has direct drive reels as SL-2500 and 2700 and it has an electronic counter where the 2001 has a mechanical counter and a belt driven clutch for driving the reels, which by the way uses the same motor as the capstan.

Overall, the 2001 looks like a lower quality vcr and I seriously doubt it shares any of its electronics with the 2000.

Just for the helluvit, here's me (face-down on a flatbed scanner): http://members.verizon.net/~madness2/madscan.gif

That's the funniest thing I've seen all day. I used to do that with Xerographic copiers. Somewhere I still have one of me when I was 9 or something.

Thanks for the help on the 2001/2000 conversion. The 2001 is a solid machine in its own right but I guess I gotta get a real 2000, that is, if I want one. As soon as I find my scanner drivers, I'll scan up the BEtamax stickers, and the Rowe sticker from my 2000. FYI here is my web page, where you can see a goofy photo of me.

http://uk.geocities.com/redoctober7000/Mypage.html

actually,i had previously envisioned franny as looking just like sean,but wearing a skirt.now that she's destroyed the illusion ,can you blame me for being dissapointed?

No, she pretty much looked like what I thought she looked like. Me in a skirt is a disturbing image. Hell, no matter what I'm wearing i'm a disturbing image. I dont' need any help...

You were in a skirt?

Easy killer. Nope, but it would still be a disturbing image... to me at least.

thanx for being a good sport,sean.now its time for me to create my own website,the theme of which will be the qualitative analysis of beta sendust heads through the use of electrophoresis on chromatographic columns.of course an appropriate photo of myself will be necessary to lend proper credibility so as soon as pamela lee finishes helping me on with my speedos and catharine zeta-jones completes my last appliction of baby oil i will be ready for the camera!

My picture would be too heavy for the internet.. You've heard the old joke about she's so fat her PICTURE weighs 40 lbs (18.18Kg)?? It's about me.. :P

Hello!

I asked about the K-connector e few weeks ago. I got the pin-guide and it was a great help. Thanks! Now I have another problem. I have a vidoeo camera a Sony HVC-2000P but there is something wrong with it. The viewfiender doesn´t work , it´s just totally black. Ther camera is ok. Can anyone help me? Does ayone know where to find spareparts or a working view fiender or maybe a complete camera? If you have any ideas I´m very thankful!

//Regards Mattias Kauhanen

Super Betamax Player for sale - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3318&item=3003652005

Oh, come now Brenda! LOL! Just show us! Haha, Sean looked exactly as I thought he would.... I kin imagin'im in a buick roadmaster, LOL! But OMG Madness LOL!!! Your name describes your picture ;) haha... now let me tweak it in photoshop a bit to get the proper briteness and contrast values! I tried flatbed scanning my face but the glass broke.... I'm still laughing, it's ... ohh my..! (giggles breathlessly). Sean how about trading shells for the SL-2000s so mine can proudly wear a Row(e) stikker? Or just trading 2000s altogether? :)

iiieegh... I should sign up with UK geocities so I can be a member of the club like you guys are. Any of you have those 50s Westinghouse roasters in the attic somewhere? I want one! Just to display it (or run it off of solar power, I'm afraid its 1,6kW heating element will fry our wiring). Hmmmmmm.. I found a user manual for it at an antique store (didn't buy it) and was just wishing I could go back to the 50s and stir up some trouble in the plain-jane vanilla "please-and-thank-you" time. With an iBook!! And the latest in clothing from today's AE or banana republic :) That's not to say I'm a punk or anything; I just have a devilish knack for causing mischief. I still say please and thank you, too!

Hmmmm okay okay try this link http://www.geocities.com/latinopikachu/thenewme.htm I don't think Geocities should get crabby about linking to a web page.

Jesse: when I scan the 2000's rowe label, I'll send you a hi-quality JPEG, then you can make your own Rowe labels on a laserprinter. Those westinghouse roasters turn up mroe frequently than Betamax decks at the local 'junk' shop, I can get you one for between $10-$ 30. If you are serious I'll snag the next one that shows up.

Whoa Jesse, the glass broke?? Was that covered under the warranty? :) :)

But seriously, I made that picture several month ago; me and my ton of hair. Someone in another forum where I posted that said that I looked like I was lying dead on top of water w/ the camera underneath (but they loved it). I messed around w/ it a bit in Painshop Pro and liked it about there. But if you can make it nicer, but all means. ;)

OK.... it's not as good as Madness' scanner pic.... and be sure to wear safety glasses when you view the page, and watch for flying broken glass from your monitors....

http://www.geocities.com/lectroncity

what,no slurpee or bustier,jesse? way to go! graduation pictures would probably be the least deceptive,but i suspect most of us have burnt ours. since i graduated before the advent of photography, i can't offer one. i can reveal,however,that i do wear glasses that rival sean's in thickness,in one lens at least. my sight in that eye is 20-600.won't wear them for photos,though..