How can you have your pudding (Beta Max) if you haven't eaten your meat (Alpha Max)?

https://geni.us/AlphaMax
https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY

#pinkfloyd #alphamax #betamax #humor #humour #SFF #multiverse #scifi #sciencefiction

Well, a VHS tape I wanted to buy and show for Pride Month is actually pretty rare and goes for almost $50 online...  

But it's only $7 on Betamax! So clearly if I buy it and a Betamax player cheaper, it'd be totally worth doing purchasing it, right?!?  

#Retro #Betamax

Okay, it's official. There WILL be a sequel (and a third book) in the Tundraverse.

The sequel, Beta Max of course, is ready for the proofreader!

You can get the first book of the trilogy on Amazon:
https://geni.us/AlphaMax
Books2read: https://books2read.com/u/m0olnY
And wherever you buy books online!

#tundraverse #alphamax #betamax #SFF #humor #humour #philosophy

Sometimes ya just gotta faff and persevere

Early 80s #Betamax Christening Video arrived for Digitising & putting on a USB Stick

I’ve tried multiple machines & Time Base Correctors. Could not get the thing to Lock. Rolling, constant Dropouts

Tried it in Sony T7, Multistandard Deck, 1979…..

Locked & plays perfectly

Before anyone asks, yes, it’s definitely a PAL Recording

Guy sparks debate by claiming he can tell you were born after 1995 if you say 'VHS player'

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/generational-debate-over-vcrs

If anyone wants any original Betamax tapes, they're going on eBay

#betamax

A fresh composition of my Amiga A4000. You can clearly see that I'm not using this computer in fact the last time it has been fired up, is in the last century.
The oxidation on the outside of the FDD, clearly indicates electrolytic capacitors inside which should not be electrified.

I will need to recap this whole motherboard before I even attempt to turn it on. I'm not planning to do so though

I have an A4000T which just needs another RTG card. The Picasso 96 that I ordered for the last time broke down after 5 years.

If I really want to I can even repair the Picasso 96. The video IC is just a Cyrus logic IIRC

For me AGA is way too slow to work on such a massive machine

Which is the reason for both the A4000T which is in storage and the A4000 to be idle

Below the Amiga you can see a part of a betamax video recorder.

#RetroTechnology #RetroComputing #A4000 #HDD #SCSI #storage #technology #retro #betamax