Peter; Unless it's a labour of Love..pass. I have 3 Sony Helical Scans sitting here..with 32 Tapes. Donated. Originally these sold for $3K. Only Government could afford them. No "standard"was available in those times. Good luck...surprised you even had adaptors to run it. -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter oliver" <oliver_peter1@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 11:11 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Panasonic video tape recorder NV3020/NV3020SD > > Had a customer Bring in 2 panasonic open reel video tape recorders. models > NV3020 and NV3020SD > > These are Reel-Reel B/W video recorders from 1972. Pretty much like a > reel-reel tape recorder but based on 1/2" tape with a level offset to allow > for a helical scan tape drum is like a beta but bigger. > My father has seen a few of these but thinks that the head pickup may be bad > (problem cant get the motors and tape to sink up) Any one rember any thing > on these old beasts. > > > > Peter Oliver > Tucson Radio TV > > _________________________________________________________________ > Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN > Premium! > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/mlb&pgmarket=en-us/go/onm00200439ave/direct/01/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/