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Vintage Tape (Audio), Cassette, Wire and Magnetic Disc Recorders and Players Open-reel tape recorders, cassette recorders, 8-track players etc.

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Old 4th Jun 2006, 11:19 pm   #21
Speedy2
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Default Re: Truexov MK III

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Originally Posted by ppppenguin
With those chunky motors directly driving the spools I bet it rewinds at warp speed! ISTR using a slightly later Truvox at school many years ago and that could rewind tapes rather faster than light.
I once worked out that on my Truvox R92, at half-way through an 1800ft tape, the tape was moving at about 60mph!

Yes, pressing Brake(pause?) was a wise move at that speed, before trying the Stop!
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