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newlite4 · 15th May 2021, 11:55 am

I am amazed that it all seemed to work OK from cold after nearly 40 years in the original box. I expected there to be problems with belts at the very least having held a certain shape for so long, interestingly no apparent electrolytic issues either. A nice thing to have.
Neil

15th May 2021, 11:55 am	#2
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,805	Re: Unboxing a 'new' Sony Betamax from 1983 I am amazed that it all seemed to work OK from cold after nearly 40 years in the original box. I expected there to be problems with belts at the very least having held a certain shape for so long, interestingly no apparent electrolytic issues either. A nice thing to have. Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.