Well, then you are our type! Thanks for finding out about us, however you did. Tyler Z On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 15:55:28 +0000, Alex HORTON wrote: >I have heard of Niel Rogers. I still get talking books on cassette from >Christian Record Services out of Lincoln, Nebraska and Books Aloud out of >California. I also still use my HandiCassette II. Alex > From: >programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:04:08 -0400 > To: >tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > CC: > Subject: [TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > > >> I am part of a radio tribute group for Neil Rogers. He was a radio talk show >host in > Miami, Florida from 1976 to 2009. He started out doing just >straight >talk, but by the late > 1980s he started playing comedy bits. Well, one of >the >group members sent me some tapes, and I > hooked up a sampler, and I >converted >the tapes to mp3 and sent the files to the group. And yes, > this is a brand >new mailing list. It started out in September 2012 (very, very, very inactive) >with > Looper's Delight members, which, since 1996, live looping artists have >been communicating on. > Well, I saw there were no tape mailing lists, so I >set one up, and got a few loopers to sign > up. I then remembered the blind >people like myself; the tape version of Talking Books is still around, and >there are > probably some HandiCassette users left. So I advertised it in >those places as well. > Tyler Z > On Wed, 10 Jul 2013 03:14:13 +0000, Alex >HORTON wrote: > > > > >I think I used Ampex machines when I took radio >broadcasting in college. I love > >that kerchunk sound as well. I don't >currently work with open-reel tape but I > >would like to. My buddy has a >whole bunch of recordings of albums that aired on > >CHUM-fm and WBUF and we >would both like to find a machine to play them on. > > >From: >howard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: > >>[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept for List! > Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2013 22:01:49 >>-0500 > > >> > Hi all, > > I guess I must be new here cuz I think this is a new list, > > >> > >> >huh? > > I've never had the chance to run one of those ampex 350's or other >> > >> >pro machines, but I've had a few ampex home machines in my day. They were >sure > >built nice. I wish I had a couple of them back again. For open reel >tape, I'm > >now using a pair of pioneer 7 inch reversable machines, 707 or >717 or something > >like that. > > I'll be glad to know if anyone is still >seriously using open > >reel tape. > > Take care > > Howard, near Milwaukee > >----- Original Message > >----- > From: "Tyler" <programmer651@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: <tape@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 6:56 PM > Subject: >[TapeVille] Re: Great Concept > >for List! > > > Well, that's a good thing! >Welcome to TapeVille, buddy! We're > >trying to become both a > discussion >list and a magazine, so, if for some odd > >reason, tapes are in the news, >then we will try > to put it on here ASAP. > > >Tyler Z > On Tue, 9 Jul 2013 >18:34:43 -0500, Max G. Swanson wrote: > > > >As > >I try to resurrect my >iPhone bought just in March, I prefer to think > >about > >the wonders of >tape. What, in digital land, can you compare to the > >kerChunk > >of an >Ampex >300 you just started up from the radio station's > >board; and it's > >your >first time running a board, and you cued up the > >29-minute taped program > >>perfectly? > > > >Now that's a thrill. > >-- > >"Americans must know the >>basic > > >architecture of programs designed to > >protect them."(Senator Franken.) > > >> >>Regards, Max. > > > > > > > > >