Classic A/V equipment

[Tore Sinding Bekkedal]

On 24. mars. 2009, at 00.54, Brent Hilpert wrote:

> ics65 at sbcglobal.net wrote:
>>
>> Does anyone know of any list, group or museum for vintage (1970s)  
>> professional Audio/Video equipment enthusiasts? Of course vintage  
>> computers were a part of some of this A/V equipment, especially for  
>> control systems.
>>
>> If this is off topic, any replies can be sent to my email directly ics65 at sbcglobal.net
>
> A couple of years ago a 70's era Sony U-Matic VCR was dropped off at  
> the radio
> museum here.
> (U-Matic's were a big clunky video-cassette that predated the VHS  
> and Betamax formats.)
>
> Making this on topic is that the sole cassette (jammed in the  
> player) that came
> with it had a label with a DEC logo on it and a title something  
> like: "... VAX
> ...: Meeting the Productivity Challenge..." and a date circa 1981.
> I was intending to connect it up to a TV of course and see if it  
> would run, but
> somebody threw it all in the dumpster before I got to it.0

I have an ad for the VAX-11/782 that I found while going through the  
"We're going to throw this crap away if you don't take it!" pile at  
the 2007 VMS Boot Camp (or "Advanced Technical Seminar" in suit- 
speak). I did rip it from U-matic tape, but here in Norway I was  
unable to decode a colour carrier off it, so it is monochrome.

The tape is up as: http://gunkies.org/stuff/vax11-782.mpg

-Tore :)