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"FOREVER BEGINNING"
mZ Anderson invented a method of electricial connection commonly used by the solar industry with perhaps other applications.
That was very evil of me and I beg for your forgiveness BUT that's the risk one takes when foraying into the category of humor ... (maniacal laughter) ...You suckered me into watchinisk g a video...
What electrical connector?
I remember the vcr and previous to the vcr the super 8 and reel to reel. Beta seemed to be used in the early days mostly in schools, and there is an interesting history regarding why VHS eventually won out over BETA as the preferred standard for videos. I'm also proud to say that even though I owned several VCR's and operated a great many more, I have never, ever, not even once set the clock on one!I loved her in 80... just back from Iran, and she was on tv! between karp and battlestar... my schedule was full... and we had a VCR at home and I could record em and watch over and over...
Anybody old enough to remember bragging at school about having a VCR?
BETA all the way!
I have never, ever, not even once set the clock on one!
That is a great story and aligns with my image of what I hope Loni would be like! Her bikini poster adorned the wall of my room until after I got married, the misses threatened to walk if I didn't remove mZ Anderson's poster from the ceiling above our bed ... in retrospect, shouldda stood my ground!I don't know about her electrical connector, but I'm of the correct age she sure made me 'Surge' and overheat!
Some friends of mine (in the Marines) had a beach party in the Florida Keys a bunch of years back, everyone got plastered and passed out.
In the morning a very nice lady was waking them up to see if they were OK since they partied on, and passed out on her property, and it was Loni Anderson.
Instead of calling the cops, getting mad, she made sure no one was dead, then recommended they use the beach shower and recommended a donut/coffee shop/diner not too far away.
Told them as long as they didn't trash the place, she didn't mind...
My early vcrs didnt have a clock... ya had to order a separate timer attachment to program it to power on and the record button had to be already pressed in...I remember the vcr and previous to the vcr the super 8 and reel to reel. Beta seemed to be used in the early days mostly in schools, and there is an interesting history regarding why VHS eventually won out over BETA as the preferred standard for videos. I'm also proud to say that even though I owned several VCR's and operated a great many more, I have never, ever, not even once set the clock on one!
My highschool was still using umatics but had some VHS machines.I remember the vcr and previous to the vcr the super 8 and reel to reel. Beta seemed to be used in the early days mostly in schools, and there is an interesting history regarding why VHS eventually won out over BETA as the preferred standard for videos. I'm also proud to say that even though I owned several VCR's and operated a great many more, I have never, ever, not even once set the clock on one!
I was unable to snag a definition for, "umatics", from the cloud of knowledge ...My highschool was still using umatics but had some VHS machines.
I was unable to snag a definition for, "umatics", from the cloud of knowledge ...
Kewl, thank Gnu!U-matic - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Think of it as a very thick vhs tape, with only 30 minutes of tape playback...I was unable to snag a definition for, "umatics", from the cloud of knowledge ...
I remember, many moons ago while working in the control room of a local TV station on the handset that allowed the newsroom to communicate with the newsvan via two-way radio, seeing a video carousel loaded up with strange looking cassettes labeled with titles like, "Bonanza", and "Commercial", perhaps I was looking at the ancient u-matic video tape technology.Think of it as a very thick vhs tape, with only 30 minutes of tape playback...
If you remember the classroom Highway movies...